I renounce my 2nd amendment right

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29. Because there was no federal militias, the congress had powers...

not only call forth the state militias, but also

"To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be
for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces"

Obvious the "two years" was meant to reduce the capabilities/provisions for maintaing large standing Armies, same purpose as was re-inforced with the 2nd. Don't underestimate the fear and mis-trust of that bane of liberty - a large army!

States however, could not have Armies or "Troops" or maintain Navies, but certainly had to continue to maintain well-regulated militias...our securities depended on them!

"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep
Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact
with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War unless actually
invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Why were the state militias so vital??

"...establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty " = "for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union,
suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions" = "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and...against domestic Violence."





Of course the President was also CinC of those forces too.

"The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United
States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual
Service of the United States