Ted Nugent's take

Great Article. It once again brings home the failure of the militia system composed of the body of the people trained to arms as demanded in the Virginia Constitution. The State of Virginia is in Default of its own constitution. There were no police forces in 1776. The people themselves were responsible for protecting against invasions and insurrections and enforcing the laws of the Commonwealth.

“But your first object should be a well regulated Militia Law; the People, put under good Officers, would behave in quite another Manner; and not only render real Service as Soldiers, but would protect, instead of distressing, the Inhabitants. What I would wish to have particularly insisted upon, in the New Law, should be, that every Man, capable of bearing Arms, should be obliged to turn out, and not buy off his Service by a trifling fine. We want Men, and not Money. I have the honor to be, etc." George Washington to Governor William Livingston, January 24, 1777, The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745 - 1799, Vol. 7., January 13, 1777 -- April 30, 1777. p.56, United States Government Printing Office (1932).