Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 05:57:14 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> To: tms2@mail.ptd.net Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD"] Message-ID: <20000328135714.0760537BED5@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <38E06C12.26BEA706@mail.ptd.net> (tms2@mail.ptd.net)
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Thank you. i have often wondered about that militia term in teh 2nd admendment. i have suspected that is referred to the national guard and even the guard alone. good to see factual information on just what the militia is. jmb > > The militia is defined in Title 10 of the USC: > Sec. 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, 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. > > Some, perhaps all, states have similar statutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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