When is a profession said to be regulated ?
Hamilton argues " This will not only lessen the call for military establishments , but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens , little , if at all , inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms , who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow - citizens . "