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To: Don Hurst who wrote (5087)	7/17/2001 5:19:39 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 93284

Another boob post... JLA

To: Don Hurst who wrote (5087)	7/17/2001 5:33:12 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93284

Here's the full text of Title 10 Section 311: 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. Clear enough? You may not like it, but that is current US law.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (5087)	7/17/2001 5:53:11 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93284

We are with you...when can we get our missiles and suitcase nukes? It is our right!!!!! That deals with the question of the definition of arms. Do you think the federal government would support the idea of a militia, even an official state one with nuclear weapons? If "arms" means any weapon and the right is the right of state militias then they would apparently have to. Throw out weapons of mass destruction and anything to big to carry and I think you might have a better definition of what was meant by arms, but even then that part of the amendment is open to some interpretation. Are hand grenades, a heavy machine guns, or rocket propelled grenade launcher, arms that we have a right to own? Perhaps but there is some uncertainty on that question, and I for one will not lead the push to deregulate them. They are not clearly protected by the amendment. Your post doesn't deal with the question of is there a personal individual right to keep and bear arms at all, so you attack my post with something no relevant to it but once the question was raised I figured I would address it. Tim