Thom Hartman: The 2nd Amendment was ratified to help preserve slavery.

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68. I still don't see why Vermont's state Constitution has to do with Virginia in 1788

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Once again from your source:

It was the allocation of military
power in the new republic that was at the core of the debate over the militia. To
declare that the militia was to be used for the common defense would have
troubled Virginia Anti-Federalists who would have wanted to preserve the ability
of their state to use the militia to put down rebellion, a particularly troubling
prospect to southerners fearful of the danger posed by the threat of slave
insurrections

Now you are quoting Kopel only for the text of state constitutions. Kopel was obviously aware of what he was quoting, but did not regard the "notion as silly" in regards to Virginia and the U.S. Constitution.

The inclusion of militias in later or even earlier state constitutions would have no bearing on their concerns about federalism and possible federal control over that militia.