[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

How inspiring.

We were men here, in those days. Cumberland, not yet part of Rhode Island, sent more men to fight in the revolution than world war two. Pretty much everyone who could carry a weapon or a tool. Many had only a bag of shot and a bit of powder, standing in the rear rank ready to pick up any weapons that fell.

That's actually where the "well regulated" part comes in, since if you had shot for a musket, a squirrel rifle was just a beautifully made club.

[TERMINATTOR]

So if your shot didn't match your weapon you were poorly-regulated, and if it did you were well-regulated? I think I'm begining to see the light, maybe!

I don't doubt that you're right, but do you have a link for this?

Militia - Got Liberty?