First...you are assigning the idea of "state run or controlled" to the term militia. The definition of militia as used in another document of that same era basically defined militia to be any able bodied male between the ages of x and y. There is nothing in the definition stating that they are under the control of a higher power nor does it require any level of training. The term well regulated can mean organized...but that doesn't require that the militia be under the control of the government...local, state, federal, or otherwise.





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