"Phillep" wrote in message
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"PrecisionMachinisT" wrote

Redundant--you cant have the one without also having the other
anyways.....

Your lathe is "well regulated" only because there's some federal law
requiring it to stay in adjustment?

In this case, the "well regulated militia" means the able bodied men of a
community who have done "paramilitary drills" together.

("Paramilitary" organizations are presently illegal, and the laws making
them illegal are unconstitutional.)

Before you make that statement in front of a less-friendly group, you may
want to familiarize yourself with the case of Houston v. Moore (1820) and
the Militia Act of 1795.

Until 1917, the states were the sole authority for arming and organizing the
"unorganized" militia, subject to the overriding power of the federal
government to actually call them up. But Houston already had limited the
states' authority.

In any case, at no time in post-revolutionary American history have private
militias been authorized over the heads of the states, unless the state
consents. The Civil War regiments were the extreme example, in being thrown
together, and quickly authorized, by the states. But no such militias were
allowed to exist unless the state authorized them.

The history and the case law are clear on this point.


If your now wanting the definition for "Militia" then suggest go ****ing
look it up for yourself.

Jowoll, Mien Fuerher!!!

http://guncite.com/gc2ndmea.html

In light of your statement above, you may want to real your own Guncite
reference a little more closely. Here's a direct quote from it:

"A militia is always subject to federal, state, or local government control.
A "private" militia or army not under government control could be considered
illegal and in rebellion, and as a result subject to harsh punishment. (See
Macnutt, Karen L., Militias, Women and Guns Magazine, March, 1995.)"

That's basically correct, except that local governments cannot authorize
militias unless the state law or state constitution allows it. I don't think
you'll find more that one or maybe a few such state law provisions, which
likely were written before the Civil War.

Ed Huntress