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Originally posted by Grady Clay
Amendment II
“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
An interesting part of this is that the Supreme Court has never ruled on the meaning of “militia” as far as I can tell. Does it mean the "people" in the National Guard defending the “State”? Does it mean you and your neighbor for any (legal?) purpose?
I suspect both sides of the issue don’t want this determined for fear it might not go their way.
Best,
Grady
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The Militia is CLEARLY defined in the US Constitution.
There is absolutely zero ambiguity who the militia is.
We are.
From Wiki:
"According to Title 10, USC, Section 311, all able bodied males between the ages of 17 and 45 not serving in the armed forces or state national guard units are considered the unorganized militia, as well as all commissioned female officers of state national guard units.
"That the People have a right to keep and bear Arms; that a well regulated Militia, composed of the Body of the People, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe Defence of a free state..." --George Mason, declaration of "the essential and unalienable Rights of the People," later adopted by the Virginia ratification convention, 1788"