Reply #120: that is a stretch

[one-eyed fat man]

Really it is incongruous. You argue for a militia whose weapons are controlled by the unresponsive government whose military you are too good to serve in, but should be used to take arms away from those who disagree with you.

If you are trying to equate the militia as practiced by the Swiss I remember a few things from my assignment there 30 years ago.

All MALE citizens were required to take training with few exceptions. They were all issued a modern assault rifle which they stored at home along with ammunition. Based on age, they had varying lengths of service and training to complete each year. After age 45 they only had to fire annual qualification. However if they failed to pass the first time, they had pay for the ammunition to re-fire until they did pass. And when they were released from duty they could elect to keep their rifle (yes, fully-automatic too.)

The debate about giving the women the right to vote was going full force. Under the Swiss model, only those citizens willing to fight for the country were entitled a say in how it was run. At that time women were not yet in the Swiss Army, so no weapon, no vote.

There is a certain elegance to that idea!