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Buzzcook · December 30, 2012, 06:05 PM

I don't believe they were thinking about what type of arm the individual owned.
What they were thinking about was that a standing army was both expensive and a threat to the power of the various states.

December 30, 2012, 06:05 PM	#23
Buzzcook Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2007 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 5,251	I don't believe they were thinking about what type of arm the individual owned. What they were thinking about was that a standing army was both expensive and a threat to the power of the various states.