That's the one.
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The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible.
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Can this statement possibly be construed to mean anything other than that the militia was intended to be MORE powerful than any army? In fact, since the Founders had a strong distrust of standing armies, this specifically meant that the Founders' intent was for the militia (in other words, the People -- us) to be capable of defeating any standing army. We're not going to do that with single shot two-twos.