"Should the national govt. wish to render the militia useless, they may neglect them, and let them perish, in order to have a pretense of establishing a standing army." - George Mason “... a standing army is one of the greatest mischiefs that can possibly happen” - James Madison
Fortunately, the Founders predicted this might happen.
They knew that one day the federal government could grow too large and too powerful, so they included a process by which the states can amend the Constitution and put the feds back in their place. #COS
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