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In reply to the discussion: Amendment 2 Blues [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)other then stating the people should be well trained in the use of them, and they should be quite effective.
Of course this ideal of well-functioning militias was seen to in the body of the Constitution, when it was left to the Congress, and not the states, to come with definite guidelines for how they would be organized, trained, and armed (i.e. uniformly), since effective Militias reduced the need for a standing army.
It was these militia powers that lead to the 2nd - to ensure the people would always be armed, and could NOT be dis-armed by the new govt.
The Militias already existed, and were recognized and mandated and assigned vital duties in the body, so there was no need to further protect the militias themselves as entities (though their importance was declared).