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Self indulgent- perhaps.

You mentioned earlier that the national guard is our 'militia'

The guard wasn't formed until 1916. Guardsmen are soldiers in reserve.

I whole-heartily agree with the ideal of firearm ethics you espouse but you are a memeber of the "militia" whether you like it or not.

"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." – Tenche Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

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