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[jmg257]

52. Or constitutionally - Well 'organized, armed and disciplined'.

And of course well-regulated by the States, according to federal guidelines. (Von Steuben's Blue Book for discipline, uniform arms & organization per the Militia Acts, etc.)

Hamilton said it best:

"The project of disciplining all the militia of the United States is as futile as it would be injurious, if it were capable of being carried into execution. A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice....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"