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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (711043)	4/21/2013 2:02:38 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576237

read up on what the fathers said about it

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (711043)	4/21/2013 10:26:43 PM
From: Wayners	Respond to of 1576237

As I tried to explain, that's not how legal documents were written back then. Back then everybody knew that the explanatory clause wasn't the only reason to cite just the most important one and they expected that precedent to continue a long ways into the future.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (711043)	4/21/2013 10:31:57 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576237

Hi J_F_Shepard; Re what the founders meant by "the milita"; The meaning of "milita" is not up for debate: -EXPCITE- TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS CHAPTER 13 - THE MILITIA -HEAD- Sec. 311. Militia: composition and classes -STATUTE- (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. -SOURCE- (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 14; Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(7), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1439; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, Sec. 524(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1656.) uscode.house.gov -- Carl