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The authors of the Bill of Rights felt it was important that the state militias be able to keep their weapons and defend their state. It is found in the Second Amendment.

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Q: Why did the authors of the bill of rights want state militias to be able to keep weapons?
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What were the primary purpose of state militias?

According to the Constitution, the federal government is responsible for arming and organizing the state militias (today most militias are called national guards). This means that the federal government buys the weapons and sets requirements and standards for each state's militia. Because of the Second Amendment, however, the federal government cannot disband the militias.


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What are the three characteristics of early American militias?

I am not sure I can only come up with three, but here are a few. Colonial militias were obligatory-- that is, every able-bodied white male was expected to join in the defense of the state where he lived. The men were expected to provide (and pay for) their own weapons, and there was very little training in those early days. Also, there was no national standard for the militias-- each city or state had their own militia, with its own rules and its own way of doing things, and even the uniforms varied from state to state.


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Congress can call forth the state militias as a means to enforce the Laws of the Union. They can also be used in the event of insurrections or to repel invasions within the state.


How many militias are in each state?

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What has replaced state militias?

You're probably thinking of the National Guard, but state militias still exist, although not every state maintains one. They're known as a State Guard or State Defence Force, and they tend to be oriented more towards first response and search-and-rescue work.


Why did southerners dislike the idea of a draft?

a draft is a federal thing. it takes states rights, the south were against a federal government. that's why they had state militias that fought, not a national army. the draft would make a national army.


Who Suspended civil liberties and called state militias into national service?

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Was non-regulation rank insignia used in the civil war?

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