re: How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment

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When the Revolutionary War began, the 13 colonies lacked a professional army or navy. Each colony sponsored a local militia. Militiamen were lightly armed, had little training, and usually did not have uniforms. Their units served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were reluctant to travel far from home and thus were unavailable for extended operations. Furthermore, they lacked the training and discipline of soldiers with more experience.

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