First thing I noticed<p>&gt;“That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.” – Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 12, 1776<p>I bet the same people that use this section as a justification of armed citizenry acting as a militia have no issue with the US army being active