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Originally Posted by Derwood
"If a well regulated militia be the most natural defence of a free country, it ought certainly to be under the regulation and at the disposal of that body which is constituted the guardian of the national security....A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it. To oblige the great body of the yeomanry, and of the other classes of the citizens, to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions, as often as might be necessary to acquire the degree of perfection which would entitle them to the character of a well-regulated militia, would be a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss." - Alexander Hamilton
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Hamilton lost that argument, if you choose to read the rest of the documents.
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Originally Posted by Derwood
which article of the constitution talks about parental responsibility?
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it doesn't, because the constitution has no authority over parental responsibility.
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