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    19 days ago

    Each State government is supposed to maintain its own “well regulated militia”, in case of Federal overreach.

    That’s why each state has its own branch of the National Guard. And there was essentially no discussion when the Constitution was being written about the use of state militias to deter federal overreach. More was about putting down slave rebellions and committing genocide against Native Americans.