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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"