Reply #75: The definition of a militia

[Wubbman]

-CITE-

10 USC Sec. 311 01/22/02

-EXPCITE-

TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES

Subtitle A - General Military Law

PART I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS

CHAPTER 13 - THE MILITIA

-HEAD-

Sec. 311. Militia: composition and classes

-STATUTE-

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied

males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section

313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a

declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States

and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the

National Guard.

(b) The classes of the militia are -

(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard

and the Naval Militia; and

(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of

the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the

Naval Militia.


http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t09t12+157+40++%28militia%29

Is this the militia you speak of, Mr. B? By this definition, everyone on this board that is not in the NG or NM and is under 45 is in the militia, albeit the unorganized militia, and thus protected under the 2nd Amendment. But then, who am I to doubt the courts, or, more importantly, you. ;)