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[sirs]

The idea that any fool with a gun is officially a defender of the country is idiotic.

Yet, that IS the idea

The National Guard is not at all what the Founders had in mind as any sort of militia, which was something organized by towns and counties.

Which is why I made it clear that it wasn't, since the National Guard is an organized version, and more importantly, an arm of the Government   

The militia as mentioned in the Constitution has been extinct for well over a century.

The militia, as mentioned in the Constitution, is alive and well, in every able bodied American, who can legally own/carry a firearm, and not a member of an organized militia, such as the National Guard

[sirs]

Cornell University Law School

U.S. Code § 311 - Militia: composition and classes

Current through Pub. L. 114-9. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)
 
US Code
 Notes
 
(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.

AS IN EVERY ABLE BODIED AMERICAN WHO CAN LEGALLY OWN/CARRY A FIREARM