(02-23-2022, 09:41 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(02-23-2022, 09:13 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Why did the forefathers see a standing army as a threat, Mikey?

Because it might interfere with or even overthrow the civilian government.  Because it might make itself out to be above or beyond civilian authority. Lots of reasons.  

That's why the forefathers made sure the entire military has to be reauthorized every two years by Congress. That's one of the original articles. Makes it much harder for the military to become corrupt in those ways.  If the forefathers thought that people having personal weapons was part of that balancing act, they would have mentioned it somewhere in the originally ratified document, not in the amendments.