Reply #11: OK, militia

[cedarriver]

This has been made much more complicated than needs be.

Militia is the same today as when the words where penned. Every able bodied man between the aqes of 18(?) and 45. Those are mandatory requirements being subjected on the people by the government. That is the authorization that allows the draft. Without the 2 cnd amendment the government would have not a single constitutional thread to be able to conscript soldiers (see civil war, and Viet Nam conflict.) And one of the previous posters is correct in stating that arms , means something you show up with when called. Its not so easy to get that SAM system loaded into your Prious and be at the meeting point on a moments notice.

Also, remember that the reason for the militia is 2 fold.
One: To defend the USA
Two: To defend the people against a standing army, in the control
of the government.

And as far as number two is concerned, the 2cnd amendment has worked flawlessly for more than 200 years