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ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
9. Here it is.
Wed Feb 27, 2013, 06:34 PM
Feb 2013

TITLE 46
MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 1
STATE MILITIA -- ORGANIZATION AND STAFF
46-103. STATE MILITIA -- DIVISION INTO CLASSES. The militia of the state of Idaho shall be divided into three (3) classes, to wit:
The national guard, the organized militia, and the unorganized militia. The national guard shall consist of enlisted personnel between the ages of seventeen (17) and sixty-four (64), organized and equipped and armed as provided in the national defense act, and of commissioned officers between the ages of eighteen (18)and sixty-four (64) years, who shall be appointed and commissioned by the governor as commander-in-chief, in conformity with the provisions of the national defense act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and as authorized by the provisions of this act. The organized militia shall include any portion of the unorganized militia called into service by the governor, and not federally recognized. The unorganized militia shall include all of the militia of the state of Idaho not included in the national guard or the organized militia.

You can't make stupid optional either DainBramaged Feb 2013 #1
If it's a gay militia Politicalboi Feb 2013 #2
They already are militia members according to existing state law slackmaster Feb 2013 #3
Here it is. ErikJ Feb 2013 #9
Article XIV of their state Constitution sets up a militia obligation of most Idaho citizens. dairydog91 Feb 2013 #11
I am no Constitutional scholar, but . . .I Brigid Feb 2013 #4
Why not? dairydog91 Feb 2013 #5
I still find it hard to believe . . . Brigid Feb 2013 #12
Leaving the state would do no good. former9thward Feb 2013 #35
I dare them . . . Brigid Feb 2013 #36
If we ever got to the point all adults were being forced into militias... former9thward Feb 2013 #37
good call oldandhappy Feb 2013 #6
Why not M4 assault rifles, M240 machineguns, and M136 rocket launchers? dairydog91 Feb 2013 #10
Okay, so to preserve "freedom" everyone must be drafted? mbperrin Feb 2013 #7
Under Federal Law, all males between the ages of 17 and 45 are already in the Militia happyslug Feb 2013 #15
Sorry, we're not in the militia. Your own link gives explicit instructions on how that shall be done mbperrin Feb 2013 #19
Read the PRESENT STATUTE, not the 1792 Militia Act happyslug Feb 2013 #25
Well JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #28
Jeez, Don't Encourage Them.... (nt) Paladin Feb 2013 #29
n/s JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #32
The link was provided in the post - not my idea. mbperrin Feb 2013 #34
Nothing in any of the laws about free guns. former9thward Feb 2013 #39
Actually, I don't and wouldn't own a gun or serve in any military capacity. mbperrin Mar 2013 #42
just like more guns will reduce the number of gun deaths samsingh Feb 2013 #27
Jody? n/t actslikeacarrot Feb 2013 #33
Buh wuh about mah freedumb tah not be milishud? nt valerief Feb 2013 #8
Good idea, take away people's freedom, then arm them to the teeth Downtown Hound Feb 2013 #13
maybe there'll be a White Dragon Militia group.. rabid_byter Feb 2013 #14
Sounds hilarious! Quantess Feb 2013 #16
Yet another good reason to repeal the 2nd Amendment rachel1 Feb 2013 #17
What a loon. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2013 #18
there already is a militia azureblue Feb 2013 #20
That's stupid. You can't force people into something just because they're citizens. Pterodactyl Feb 2013 #21
Or if its a vaccine. DeSwiss Feb 2013 #23
I hear ya, bro. Pterodactyl Feb 2013 #41
All these frightened little people..... DeSwiss Feb 2013 #22
LOL! Perfect cartoon! Nails the pro-NRA gun fondler-ideology perfectly. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #38
Rice said that there was no issue that was more important to his constituents than gun rights. Mkap Feb 2013 #24
at least this idea is consistent with the constitution and an admission samsingh Feb 2013 #26
"An admission" of what, for God's sake? Paladin Feb 2013 #31
an admission that the Constitution refers to arming militias and does not mean infinite guns for samsingh Mar 2013 #43
I Agree With Your Interpretation. Too Bad Scalia Doesn't... (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #44
he doesn't agree with a lot of moral stuff- see what's he's saying about voting rights samsingh Mar 2013 #45
I've got to find a way out of this state libodem Feb 2013 #30
As the 2nd amendment was written as a *collective* right - the rights of states to have "well apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #40
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