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Bill wrote:

I doubt you'll get it, but here is the definition of militia, courtesy
of Princeton.

"civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army"

Here's the Findlaw explanation for a "well-regulated" militia.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/c...n/amendment02/

Happy reading...

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