Militias in example sentence

After the debacle in Libya (where the Islamic State supports jihadist militias and has announced the creation of three “distant provinces”), Obama is understandably reluctant to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, only to see the Islamic State take control of more territory, accompanied by genocidal atrocities against Syria’s many non-Sunnis.

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Militias were raping six-month-old babies so that countries far away could get access to gold and coltan for their iPhones and computers.

Meaning, the federal government could not infringe on the rights of citizens to participate in well-regulated militias.

It was written in a time before the federal government's armed forces were among the most powerful in the world and when state militias were viewed as necessary to protect the states.

In short, the Second Amendment was written to ensure that our newly formed and fragile country had access to organized state militias.

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