A Big Shock to the Anti-Gunners - Who is the Militia?

The anti-gunners are going to crap their pants (pardon the crudeness of the statement, but I believe it is accurate).

As stated in a previous blog, a portion of the ACLU position on the 2nd Amendment is this:
"We believe that the constitutional right to bear arms is primarily a collective one, intended mainly to protect the right of the states to maintain militias to assure their own freedom and security against the central government."

It goes on to misrepresent the individual freedoms in the 2nd.

Anyways, the standard B.S. is that the "militia" in our modern world is the National Guard.

Interestingly, this is what current Federal Legislation in the US Code, 10 USC Sec. 311, defines the "militia" as:

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

or

female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.

Further,

the unorganized militia consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

So, next time someone has a difficulty understanding the individual nature of this statement:

"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."

And they feel like they need to spout of on falsehoods like "It is a collective right" or "the Militia is the National Guard," then point out who the defined members of the militia truly are.

True, this ignores the fact of individuals right to keep and bear arms, not to mention the right of women as individuals to keep and bear arms, but let's just stick with what the smarmy anti-gunners can understand, then continue to educate them on individual rights.

Tags: Guns , 2nd amendment ,
Bill of Rights , Militia