re: #334 Obdicut

The right against quartering of troops is an interesting one; it was highly relevant for the colonists, but it’s pretty irrelevant to our modern army. Our armed forces wouldn’t want to quarter troops with citizens, except, you know, their families. That came about because it was one of the chief complaints of the colonists against the British, because troops were often mercenaries, and because it was a hedge against a standing army.

I’m not saying it’s not a good right to have, but it is an almost totally irrelevant one. Part of its purpose was to prevent a large standing army. It failed in that.

As is maintaining a militia because of the modern military. ;)