You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Reply #9: No, "The Congress shall have Power . . . To provide for organizing, arming, and [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Topic Forums » Guns Donate to DU
jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-29-10 08:20 PM
Response to Reply #2
9. No, "The Congress shall have Power . . . To provide for organizing, arming, and
disciplining, the Militia". Given that authority it is nonsense to assert as you do that the Second Amendment talks about militias.

Congress has not done its duty to organize, arm, and discipline the "unorganized militia" and it should do so immediately. See 10 USC 311 for militia.

California law says:

“The militia of the State consists of all able-bodied male citizens and all other able-bodied males who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, who are between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, and who are residents of the State, and of such other persons as may upon their own application be enlisted or commissioned therein pursuant to the provisions of this division, subject, however, to such exemptions as now exist or may be hereafter created by the laws of the United States or of this State.”

And

“The unorganized militia consists of all persons liable to service in the militia, but not members of the National Guard, the State Military Reserve, or the Naval Militia.”

I’m familiar with the population of Riverside California and I know it’s “unorganized militia” is not organized, armed, and disciplined.

You keep bringing up the militia so why don't you educate yourself and become an activist lobbying congress to do its duty under our Constitution?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
  -Go git'em, Al - Maryland sued over hangun permit denial. -..__...  Jul-29-10 07:43 PM   #0 
  - k and r  Hoopla Phil   Jul-29-10 07:49 PM   #1 
  - government has a 2nd amendment right to regulate - "a well regulated militia" nt  msongs   Jul-29-10 07:51 PM   #2 
  - Your deceased equine...  PavePusher   Jul-29-10 07:53 PM   #3 
  - P.S. Can you please explain the phrases...  PavePusher   Jul-29-10 07:55 PM   #4 
  - Just a new supreme court justice away from catching up with civilized nations  divideandconquer   Jul-29-10 07:57 PM   #5 
  - Are you implying that our murder rate is due to nothing but gun ownership?  Glassunion   Jul-29-10 08:07 PM   #7 
  - Which has nothing to do with guns.  TheWraith   Jul-29-10 08:33 PM   #10 
  - Your information is incorrect  krispos42   Jul-29-10 10:57 PM   #12 
     - And it's still 4 times less than gun crazed America!  divideandconquer   Jul-30-10 08:19 PM   #18 
        - Note the lack of correlation, however.  X_Digger   Jul-30-10 08:46 PM   #21 
  - What are your criteria for "civilized" and "advanced"?  Euromutt   Jul-29-10 11:45 PM   #13 
  - Former Soviet client states with low per capita incomes, not exactly first world nations  divideandconquer   Jul-30-10 08:21 PM   #19 
  - "a new supreme court justice away from" resuming the gun-control movement?  SteveM   Jul-31-10 01:36 PM   #23 
  - You're right!  Glassunion   Jul-29-10 08:03 PM   #6 
  - No, "The Congress shall have Power . . . To provide for organizing, arming, and  jody   Jul-29-10 08:20 PM   #9 
  - Governments don't have rights. Governments have powers.  slackmaster   Jul-29-10 08:58 PM   #11 
  - Never get tired of sporting that fail around, do ya?  proteus_lives   Jul-30-10 12:09 AM   #14 
  - Governments have no rights. Ever.  Statistical   Jul-30-10 07:55 AM   #16 
  - Tonk Tonk Tonk ......  Katya Mullethov   Jul-30-10 08:33 PM   #20 
  - Easy Win...  virginia mountainman   Jul-29-10 08:19 PM   #8 
  - The "shall issue" laws mean JUST THAT - the sheriff, the usual issuer, SHALL issue you  old mark   Jul-30-10 07:14 AM   #15 
  - Go SAF. Looks like they picked a "perfect" case.  Statistical   Jul-30-10 07:57 AM   #17 
     - The Maryland laws have been a prime target for years...  SteveM   Jul-31-10 01:33 PM   #22 
 

Home » Discuss » Topic Forums » Guns Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC