It is, of course, one of the views that was discussed when the Founding Fathers were trying to set up the 2nd Amendment. But in reality, what Hamilton was suggesting was the formation of a standing army that the government could use, outside of Posse Comitatus. Think of what he is suggesting…that the militia should be drilled and practiced like real army and that is at the disposal of Congress. He says as much in this paper. He tries to say that there is no fear from the government taking over, but we have seen time and time again throughout mankind’s history that is not even realistic. His own experiences should have taught him that. Didn’t we have to fight a war against a government that used troops to keep us in line? And we had to fight that war just to get out from under the thumb of a tyrannical government. If you give the military to the control of the federal government as well as the militias, then you have given all force to the control of the government. It also would give the government the right to enlist anyone they want into service of the militia…in fact it would make all citizens duty-bound to support the officer in charge, whether they want to or not. I would suggest that following this ideal, especially in today’s world, would be extremely foolhardy. We have already seen attempts at squelching the 1st amendment. Here’s the 1st amendment: The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. It forbids Congress from both promoting one religion over others and also restricting an individual’s religious practices. It guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely. It also guarantees the right of citizens to assemble peaceably and to petition their government. We have seen efforts at curbing religious beliefs, efforts at censoring free speech by calling it hate speech (which has no definition), efforts to silence any news outlet that doesn’t put out the news that the party in power doesn’t want to see. Imagine if you also have given the government the power to invoke military force to push their agenda? It would be complete tyranny. It isn’t far from that now, but we would have passed that point years ago.