On guns, a question: What would *you*, personally, do to confiscate them?

[MyMission]

106. Militia has several definitions and has changed over time

1) A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement regular army in an emergency
2) A military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army
3) All able-bodied civilians eligible by law eligible for military service
That's from Oxford.

Wikipedia for Militia (United States) gives a history, and cites current codes.
"The current United States Code, Title 10 (Armed forces), section 246 (Militia: Composition and Classes), paragraph (a) states: "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."[57] Section 313 of Title 32 refers to persons with prior military experience. ("Sec. 313. Appointments and enlistments: age limitation (a) To be eligible for original enlistment in the National Guard, a person must be at least 17 years of age and under 45, or under 64 years of age and a former member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps. To be eligible for reenlistment, a person must be under 64 years of age. (b) To be eligible for appointment as an officer of the National Guard, a person must – (1) be a citizen of the United States; and (2) be at least 18 years of age and under 64."

Clearly there are age limits, for joining initially and for being called. I read it as age 17-64.

US militia exists independently in each state. Just because some yahoo owns a gun, does not make them eligible or part of the militia. They must be Able bodied and within a certain age range. 65+ year Old (white) guys on oxygen, walkers, or unable to meet military/militia standards aren't eligible to join.

We can work with that. Sign up for the militia, or military, pass able bodied test, and one can own a gun without paying. But one should still get licensed to carry and have weapons registered. And if you're above or below the age limit, no right to automatically own gun for the purpose of serving in a militia as you're not eligible, despite your desire or misconceptions. But one can pay for registration, license and insurance if not eligible for your state militia. Selective service registration doesn't mean you're part of the militia or military. It means you can be called up and trained, to age 45 if you've never served.

So that would rule out a lot of rump supporters.

Thanks for leading me to look up this information!