GoForSmoke:
The Army that I served in and left coming on 40 years ago could easily pound rifle-armed "militias" down into the bedrock.
I was only trying to explain what it means. I never said it is relevant to today's reality.
And in an attempt to appease @TollpuddleSartre it probably would have had little practical relevance in Nazi Germany even though that was about 90 years ago.
One wonders if it even had practical relevance when it was written - or was it just political weasel words to keep some clique onside?
All of which leads me to think it could usefully be repealed now.
...R