In a word, Yes.
The idea was straightforward. 130 years before a national guard was even contemplated, and several generations before an organized police force emerged, the Militia was the force which protected every farm and family. The beauty of the Militia then and now was and is that the person who had the most to lose, the farmer and private land owner, had at hand a weapon which was battery ready. This was because there simply was no one else. Today, there is also no one else.
