[Monorprise]

No it was part of the milita clause.

Washington and the first congress considered us all members of the militia and wanted us armed to provided for the defence of our state and federation.

Read about it if you like:
http://www.militaryheritage.org/MilitiaAct1792.html

insolently they didn’t want to pay for the arms themselves so they told us to.

This law was often sighted by liberals as an example of an individual mandate. But of course it has nothing to do with healthcare, or even women for that matter who are to this day still excluded from the milita unless their part of the national guard.

[cyn]

thanks for the link.