Posted: 6/23/2008 10:00:01 PM EDT
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Let's say the 2nd is determined not to be an individual right. What's to stop a state from forming an official "well regulated" state militia and simply making every citizen of the state an honorary member when they get their drivers license? |
Politicians. You know that would never happen. Except maybe they might try it in Alaska....then secede....then take over Canada using polar bear cavalry... |
Abe Lincoln would climb out of his grave and go shit on the founding fathers' graves then convince the current president to go to war against Montana. |
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"10 USC 312, and 32 USC 313. ----- United States Code (USC) TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES Section 311. Militia: composition and classes (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, citi- zens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are commissioned of- ficers 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. Section 312. Militia duty: exemptions (a) The following persons are exempt from militia duty: (1) The Vice President. (2) The judicial and executive officers of the United States, the several States and Ter- ritories, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone. (3) Members of the armed forces, except members who are not on active duty. (4) Customhouse clerks. (5) Persons employed by the United States in the transmission of mail. (6) Workers employed in armories, arse- nals, and naval shipyards of the United States. (7) Pilots on navigable waters. (8) Mariners in the sea service of a citizen of, or a merchant in, the United States. (b) A person who claims exemption because of religious belief is exempt from militia duty in a combatant capacity, if the conscientious holding of that belief is established under such regulations as the President may prescribe. However, such a person is not exempt from mi- litia duty that the President determines to be noncombatant. TITLE 32--NATIONAL GUARD Section 313. Appointments and enlistments: age limitations (a) To be eligible for original enlistment in the National Guard, a person must be at least 17 years of age and under 45, or under 64 years of age and a former member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps. To be eligible for reen- listment, a person must be under 64 years of age. (b) To be eligible for appointment as an offi- cer of the National Guard, a person must-- (1) be a citizen of the United States; and (2) be at least 18 years of age and under 64. -----" WE Already are the milita... and thanks to Equal rights so are women |
I might be wrong but that "law" seems in itself to be in conflict with the 2nd. I don't recall an age limit imposed in the Bill of Rights. |