Re: Kiddie exercises his right to bear arms

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:21:34 GMT, "Koc77" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>The second amendment states that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary
>to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
>Arms, shall not be infringed."  When the constitution was written, all able
>bodied males were the militia.

But *not* the Militia -- as described within the Constitution.

That entity is described operationally in Art 1(8)(15-16) and Art
2(2)(1).

It never was some rump group just getting together.

It always was for the Congress to arm, train and organize it.  Its
purposes were three and three only -- and None of them was to foment
an insurrection, even obliquely.

And that Militia is now the National Guard.

There is no other with a Constitutional basis.