Sunday, 25 January 2026

Discussing the killing of Alex Pretti and the danger the Founding Fathers foresaw in a standing army



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Citizens' militia
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1:53:00  Did the Founding Fathers envisage the citizens' militia to replacing the standing army?

Grok:

No, the Founding Fathers did not generally intend for the citizens' militia to fully replace a standing army in all circumstances. Their views were more nuanced: many deeply distrusted and feared large, permanent standing armies in peacetime (seeing them as tools of tyranny, expensive, and threats to liberty), but they accepted the need for a small, limited national standing army under strict civilian control, supplemented and checked by a well-regulated militia composed of armed citizens.

Key Historical Context
The Founders drew from English traditions (where standing armies were viewed suspiciously after experiences like the rule of Charles I and James II) and their own Revolutionary War experience. The Continental Army was a necessity during the war, but post-1783, many wanted to disband most forces and rely primarily on militias.

Strong anti-standing army sentiment (especially among Anti-Federalists and some key figures):They saw standing armies as "the bane of liberty" and instruments of oppression.

Quotes include:
George Mason: "Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people..."

Virginia Declaration of Rights influence: "a well regulated Militia composed of the body of the people trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free State" and opposition to standing armies.

Many Anti-Federalists argued militias should be the primary defense to avoid or minimize standing forces.

This fear led to constitutional safeguards: Congress can "raise and support Armies," but appropriations are limited to no more than two years (Art. I, §8), preventing permanent funding without repeated approval.

Federalist perspective (e.g., Hamilton and Madison in the Federalist Papers):
They defended the Constitution's provisions allowing a standing army when needed.

Federalist No. 24–29 (Hamilton): Argued that prohibiting standing armies in peacetime was unrealistic for national security (e.g., against foreign threats or sudden invasion). Militias alone were unreliable for professional defense—poorly trained, undisciplined for extended campaigns, and slow to mobilize.

Hamilton in Federalist No. 29: Acknowledged standing armies could be dangerous to liberty but argued federal control over the militia (plus a small army) provided balance and security.

Madison in Federalist No. 46: Argued a small federal army could never overpower an armed populace plus state militias.

Second Amendment's role:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State..."

This reflected the preference for citizen-soldiers as the main bulwark against tyranny (domestic or foreign) and as a check on any standing army.

It ensured the people remained armed to maintain militias as a counterweight, not to eliminate professional forces entirely.

Practical Outcome
The Constitution authorized both:

A small standing army (initially tiny post-Revolution).

Reliance on state militias for most defense.

Over time (e.g., by the War of 1812), the need for a more reliable national army became clear, and views evolved somewhat, but the early preference leaned toward minimizing standing forces and maximizing militia reliance.

In short: The Founders preferred militias as the primary, "natural" defense and wanted to avoid or severely limit standing armies in peacetime—but they did not design the system to completely replace professional forces with citizen militias alone. The militia was intended as a safeguard and supplement, not a total substitute.


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