Assertion: state militia | /r/CapableOf | provide check
Facets:
value: to a standing army
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The desire to prevent enfeebling state militias, which provided a check to a standing army, prompted the ratifying conventions to call for an amendment guaranteeing the right of citizens to bear arms.
text: The desire to prevent enfeebling state militias, which provided a check to a standing army, prompted the ratifying conventions to call for an amendment guaranteeing the right of citizens to bear arms.