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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: zzpat who wrote (63178)3/28/2018 6:05:25 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 364108
 
Are you "armed" by the government? No.
Are you disciplined by the government? No.
Are you organized by the government? No.

Does Congress control your training? No.

Does a state control the person who trains you? No.
Are you called into active service when we're at war? No.
Does the president become your commander in chief? No

Are any of those questions relevant? No

Both because

1 - "The right of the people", not "the right of the militia"

and

2 - The constitution gives the government the power to do such things, it doesn't say the feds have to do so, only that it has the power to do so (just as it doesn't require congress to declare war, we could theoretically stay at peace and it wouldn't violate the constitution). More to the point it doesn't say that in any case where the federal government doesn't' do any of those things you don't have a militia.

It doesn't say the feds have to arm the militia, or that anyone who isn't armed by the feds isn't a member of the militia (and according to US law millions who aren't armed by the feds are members of the militia).

The same applies to all those other issues. the feds are not required to do it, and whether or not they do it for some nothing in the constitution or even in US code precludes people not affected by such government actions from being the militia.
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