danielpalos
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You are confusing natural rights with militia service. They are not the same.Who regulates the unorganized militia? If you own firearms, to which militia do you belong?Sigh, one last time!The Governor will not call upon private/citizen militias in an emergency, as they are not recognized as anything but a bunch of wanna-bees playing dress up in camo.Civilian militias exist in most states in the U.S. They are civilian militias; they are legal; they do not have a leadership that answers to the state UNLESS THE GOVERNOR CALLS THEM UP IN AN EMERGENCY.
Even then the governor's jurisdiction is limited to the duration of the emergency.
militia in American
(məˈlɪʃə
noun
1.
a. Archaic
any military force
b.
later, any army composed of citizens rather than professional soldiers, called up in time of emergency
2. US
in the U.S., all able-bodied male citizens between 18 and 45 years old who are not alreadymembers of the regular armed forces: members of the National Guard and of the Reserves (of the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps) constitute the organized militia; all others, the unorganized militia
3.
any of various disaffected groups of citizens that are organized as to resemble an army and that oppose the authority of the federal government
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
All you gun grabbers read, AND UNDERSTAND #3.They are legal but they are not well regulated.Civilian militias exist in most states in the U.S. They are civilian militias; they are legal; they do not have a leadership that answers to the state UNLESS THE GOVERNOR CALLS THEM UP IN AN EMERGENCY.
Even then the governor's jurisdiction is limited to the duration of the emergency.
They're legal, but not well regulated? By whose standards? Yours?
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.... The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun."
- Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778
"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves ... and include all men capable of bearing arms."
-- Senator Richard Henry Lee, 1788, on "militia" in the 2nd Amendment
Don't try to conflate the two. You're well regulated when you have a weapon and the governor calls that militia into service. In its dormant state, it is merely armed citizens who have an absolute Right to keep and bear Arms. But, because they are part of the whole people, they constitute the unorganized militia.