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I have visited King's Mtn Battlefield Park several times. The Revolutionary War in the South was much a Civil War as Patriot and Loyalist Militias had ongoing skimishes, as well as larger battles like Kings Mtn.

It may be a Harbinger of coming days for Us as well...... Patriot vs ProgreSSive, especially if the Economy/Supply Chain/ Feral Reserve Ponzi "dollar" dissolves.

History may not repeat, but human nature does.

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Militias. Because there’s never an army around when you need one.

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Or there IS an army around when you don't need or want one .:-)

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What I should have put in the essay was the question of what would have happened in Bennington if there had been no militia? We can imagine. The Constitution was written to prevent to large of a concentration of unopposed power, but eventually it could be overcome.

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The recently arrived English were probably appalled at the revolution, but the Scots-Irish probably just said “sign me up!”

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Good essay! Yes, there would have been no revolution or victory or United States of America without the militia. The first battle of the revolution was fought when the militia opposed a contingent of redcoats who had come out of Boston with a mission to seize the militia's arms.

("When England began its campaign of reigning in the colonies..." It is my hobby to annoy people by pointing out that is should be 'reining'.)

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Reining? As in a horses reins? Maybe a new saying or bumper sticker; militias, because there’s never an army around when you need one.

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To paraphrase Dr. McCoy, dammit Jim, I’m a physicist, not a writer!

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According to the Small Arms Survey, American civilians are estimated to own more firearms than all of the combined firearms from 24 countries, with around 393 million civilian-held firearms in circulation, both legal and illegal.

That’s makes for alot of potential militias…

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I think it’s more than that. That number has been almost unchanged for years while millions more are bought It might reflect those who are willing to tell a stranger on the phone about their guns.

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