Federal Judge: Assault Weapons Not Protected by 2nd Amendment

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One source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.2979133

But, in Miller, the SCOTUS said a member of the unorganized militia, when called to service, must appear with a weapon of his own procurement and of the type in common use at the time. It was referring to military use..

Yup. And the Second Militia Act of 1792 specified that the type of weapon militia infantrymen were required to procure and provide was, from 1797 onward, a musket of (IIRC) .69 caliber. Not a short-barrel shotgun, but a full-length musket with provision to attach a bayonet.

All of that has long since been rendered moot, though. In the Militia Act of 1903, the National Guard superseded the old State militias. ARNG members are not only not required to procure and provide their own weapons, they are not even allowed to use privately-purchased weapons.