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* this type of sentence construction is found frequently across the Constitution itself and other documents from the period of it and the BOR's writing}}''' | * this type of sentence construction is found frequently across the Constitution itself and other documents from the period of it and the BOR's writing}}''' | ||
A well regulated '''{{Militia|Militia | A well regulated '''{{#tip-text:Militia|Militia | ||
* = part-time citizen soldiers | * = part-time citizen soldiers | ||
* as opposed to a "professional" or "standing" (i.e. full time) army, which the founders distrusted}}''', being necessary to the '''{{#tip-text:security of a free State|"security of a free State" | * as opposed to a "professional" or "standing" (i.e. full time) army, which the founders distrusted}}''', being necessary to the '''{{#tip-text:security of a free State|"security of a free State" | ||