Private militias have existed as well.

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Lee — 6/27/2008 4:07:44 AM (archived)

During the Civil War, rich benefactors would often outfit their own artillery or infantry units. Private militias also existed in the West during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some still exist today.

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Do we have a constitutional scholar, or colonial historian, in the house? - ER - 6/27/2008 2:21:11 AM
- American colonists versus the Crown - E.P. - 7/3/2008 9:48:41 PM
- Some information - TB - 6/27/2008 3:56:39 AM
- I'm not constitutional scholar but I can read - Eri - 6/27/2008 3:11:47 AM
  - If that's what it meant - Lee - 6/27/2008 3:26:01 AM
    - What the founding fathers wanted doesn't matter. - ER - 6/27/2008 3:59:07 AM
      - Private militias have existed as well. - Lee - 6/27/2008 4:07:44 AM
        
        We have them today too, they're called "gangs". - ER - 6/27/2008 4:24:27 AM
        
        And "Blackwater" - Robert - 6/27/2008 4:44:10 AM
        
        I wouldn't worry about it too much. - Lee - 6/27/2008 4:28:30 AM
- The court did not consider it the "key phrase". - RobVG - 6/27/2008 2:57:48 AM
  - The Second Amendment says no such thing. - ER - 6/27/2008 3:30:15 AM
    - Clarification. - ER - 6/27/2008 3:39:41 AM
      - whatever the Supreme Court says it is - FrankC - 6/27/2008 4:46:06 AM
      - If that's the case - Lee - 6/27/2008 3:43:32 AM
        
        Wrong again. - ER - 6/27/2008 4:14:24 AM
        
        That's what I said. - Lee - 6/27/2008 4:25:27 AM

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