If the colonies were to break away from British rule we would lose this advantage and be forced to rely on an unproven form of protection from militias. ... Worse than that, another world power such as France or Austria could simply walk in and overthrow the newly established colonial rule, who would be using a greatly weakened military having just fought the British army. ... The British navy is far too superior and the army is too well disciplined and too well armed. "Common Sense" has filled the minds of its readers with false hopes and has exaggerated the power of a continental army, whi...

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At this time in the American Revolution only a few colonies with militias fighting against the British. Henry is pleading with Virginia to make a militia of its own and fight. ... " [Henry, pg. 1] Henry is asking the Continental Congress what the British have done in the past to justify the faith Americans had in the ministry. ... The delegates in the Continental Congress felt the same type of responsibility for their people. ... Before the American Revolution, the American colonists and the British army fought together in the French and Indian War. ...

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The Second Amendment states: "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Most gun control activists focus in isolation on the beginning of the amendment where the founders wrote that a well-regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state. ...

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