Did Founding Fathers Require Gun Ownership?

   The Founding Fathers mandated that every able-bodied male had to own a gun?
   I'm listening to a Larry Pratt / Piers Morgan exchange, and Pratt says there was a Militia Act of 1796, "which required all able-bodied men to own a military rifle."
   Whoa. So, Spring City makes statewide news when it suggests that every household should own a gun. And, we still talk about the town Virgin, Utah, once passing an ordinance requiring every household to have a gun. And, Kennesaw, Georgia, has, for years, required its people to own guns.
   But, really, the Founding Fathers also required this? Whoa, again. I am surprised. 
   Looking into it, I'm not sure there was such an act in 1796, but there were the Militia Acts of 1792, which conscripted every free, able-bodied, white male into militia service and required them each to arm themselves with a musket.
   Now, that sounds a little different than requiring civilians to own guns -- civilians who are not yet being conscripted into service. To me, it is completely different thing. But, there would be those who argue with that, saying the reason we all should bear arms is to be prepared for military action, same as the early-day Americans were preparing for military action.