I don't see how the federal government setting explicit standards for arms and equipment suitable for use in the event of their calling out the militia would help, but I'd not have a huge issue with it.
How about a subsidy? Even something as simple as a tax credit for the purchase of arms, equipment, and ammunition with which to train would probably be broadly popular.
... I suspect this isn't what you meant when you wrote your comment - but it is what the people who wrote and ratified the BoR understood the text of the Second Amendment to mean.
How about a subsidy? Even something as simple as a tax credit for the purchase of arms, equipment, and ammunition with which to train would probably be broadly popular.
... I suspect this isn't what you meant when you wrote your comment - but it is what the people who wrote and ratified the BoR understood the text of the Second Amendment to mean.