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Who here supports banning ALL semi automatic guns?

Rich2018 said:
So what ?

The armies of the USA and CSA recruited all over their territory, and that included men, who had been militiamen

That is a long way from suggesting tat the Civil War was fought by the state militias.
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State militias were used in the War of 1812. Sometimes when they had crossed the border into Canada and heard the guns in the distance they suddenly remembered that they couldn't be forced to fight in a foreign country and they booked 'er back south.
 
Grand Mal said:
State militias were used in the War of 1812. Sometimes when they had crossed the border into Canada and heard the guns in the distance they suddenly remembered that they couldn't be forced to fight in a foreign country and they booked 'er back south.
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Yes they were, notably at the battle of Bladensburg, which degenerated into a total shambles for the USA.
 
Trolls better than a billfish fisherman lol.
 
danielpalos said:
You don't want to argue, you just want to troll.
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I will argue when you state something plainly. I asked:

What citation, that you've provided, states that the Civil War was fought by militias ?

(or what source period?)


All you every do is dodge question and regurgitate some meaningless line about the Constitution.
 
Rich2018 said:
I will argue when you state something plainly. I asked:

What citation, that you've provided, states that the Civil War was fought by militias ?

(or what source period?)


All you every do is dodge question and regurgitate some meaningless line about the Constitution.
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Irony
 
danielpalos said:
See post 973.
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You reference:

While the vast majority of number of volunteer units during the American Civil War were enlisted by the states, a small number were enlisted directly by the Federal government.
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Nowhere in that quote does it mention the militia

"Enlisted by the states" (and this refers to the Union only) does NOT mean they were enlisted into some militia and then handed over to the Union army.

Check any ORBAT of any Union army and see how many militia units there were.
 
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