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Federal Judge: Assault Weapons Not Protected by 2nd Amendment
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stanc Wrote:Not exactly.

State militias were superseded by the National Guard over a century ago.
Members of the National Guard are not allowed to use their own weapons.
Members of the unorganized militia are no longer required by law to provide their own weapons when reporting for service.

The militia, as originally conceived by the Founders, ceased to exist. And on top of that, we now have a large, standing Army...

Not really...Militia Act of 1903:

Quote:Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the militia shall consist of every able-bodied male citizen of the respective States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, and every able; bodied male of foreign birth who has declared his intention to become a citizen, who is more than eighteen and less than forty-five years of age, and shall be divided into two classes-the organized militia, to be known as the National Guard of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia, or by such other designations as may be given them by the laws of the respective States or Territories, and the remainder to be known as the Reserve Militia.

Quote:Sec. 3. That the regularly enlisted, organized, and uniformed active militia in the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia who have heretofore participated or shall hereafter participate in the apportionment of the annual appropriation provided by section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, whether known and designated as National Guard, militia, or otherwise, shall constitute the organized militia


Still the militia, (e.g. the organized militia). This was done to address federalizing of the militia which had seen issues in 19th Century.

Everyone else is the Reserve Militia (as understood by the Founders).

It was "we the people" as the Founders understood "we the people" to be...(and yes, by today's standards, bigoted).

If it were as you suggest, then why weren't members of the militia who turned age 46 required to relinquish their arms?
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Federal Judge: Assault Weapons Not Protected by 2nd Amendment - by BjornF16 - 04-14-2018, 02:07 AM

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