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To: jimbo123

Has “..Well-Regulated Militia...” ever been legally defined?


28 posted on 11/07/2013 10:01:40 AM PST by Reynoldo
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To: Reynoldo

Yes, clearly defined in the Federalist papers.


57 posted on 11/07/2013 11:05:45 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Reynoldo

It had a definite meaning when it was written - it meant “practiced”.


69 posted on 11/07/2013 11:38:38 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Reynoldo

Indeed it has. If you look at the state constitutions in effect at the time our constitution was written many of them defined it as “every able bodied man between ages of 18 and 50.” Militia service was very popular, in part because in many states, NY in particular, it allowed an exemption to the property qualification to be able to vote. Maybe they didn’t feel the need to define it because everyone was assumed to know what it meant.


73 posted on 11/07/2013 12:13:49 PM PST by atomic_dog
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