07-25-2018, 09:48 PM
stanc Wrote:Fair enough.I never said it would stop them, but it does take away a case to argue for more encroachment on the sporting gun clause.
Stopped by what? This supposed "admission" that semi-auto rifles are not weapons of war? That won't even slow the anti-gun activists and legislators, let alone stop them.
stanc Wrote:Yes. I've never disputed that the unorganized militia still exists under current law.
Sure, the unorganized militia is still a manpower pool that can be mobilized. But, that doesn't negate what I said: The militia system as originally conceived and established by the Founders ceased to exist more than a century ago.
State Militia (1792) ___________ National Guard (2018)
Membership was mandatory ------ Membership is voluntary
Required to provide own arms ---- Prohibited from using own arms
No. Meaning able-bodied, military-age males who were members of organized (i.e., "well regulated") State militias. Not all Americans.
The organized militia has taken over the duties of the unorganized militia but it is still still exists and the requirements to be armed and all that goes with it has not ceased to exist. It has been ignored and treated like a weird relative no one wants to talk about but it is still there.
The unorganized militia consist of all citizens not in the organized militia.http://constitutionalmilitia.org/justice-joseph-story/
We could debate this until Gene sends us pipe bombs, so I will agree to disagree with you on this one and let it die.