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Originally Posted by maestro pistolero
Then what would be the point of stating a militia purpose and then protecting keeping and bearing for that purpose?
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To keep Congress from disarming it which the anti-Federalists feared. The COTUS put unprecedented control over the state militias and the states feared the Fed could disarm them.
At that time the militia was primarily armed by its members because of economic reasons. However, today the state would arm the militia if they called it forth.