re: #233 Obdicut

You’re not even reading what I’m writing, then, and you’re acting with your usual ignorance of the constitution. The ability to raise an army doesn’t equal the ability to make everyone purchase a weapon, and if it does, it also empowers congress to mandate everyone purchase insurance to make sure they’re in fit and fighting trim.

maintaining a large standing army was definitely not envisioned by the founding fathers

in the 18th century the idea of a government maintaining a large standing military force during peacetime was distinctly controversial