![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Federalist 29, published 228 years ago, in 1788, Alexander Hamilton concurs as to why militias are necessary: īearing arms is "the right of the people" who would make up a state militia, which protects us from national tyranny (even if Madison was overly generous in describing the efficacy of militiamen during the Revolutionary War). Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Those who are best acquainted with the last successful resistance of this country against the British arms, will be most inclined to deny the possibility of it. It may well be doubted, whether a militia thus circumstanced could ever be conquered by such a proportion of regular troops. ![]()
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