Should Gun Owners Have to Join the Reserves? IE "A well regulated militia".

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115. NO - they have the power all the time. It is quite clear how the Militias were to be regulated.

As evident in the 1st Militia Acts passed down by Congress in 1792, where the Congress was very specific on how the militias were to be regulated...organized, trained, armed, disciplined etc.


"The Militia Act of 1792, Passed May 8, 1792, providing federal standards for the organization of the Militia.

An ACT more effectually to provide for the National Defence, by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States.
..."

Armed:

"...That every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein...and etc."


Organized:

"III. And be it further enacted, That within one year after the passing of the Act, the militia of the respective states shall be arranged into divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies, as the legislature of each state shall direct...etc etc."

Trained/disciplined per Von Stuben's Blue Book..

"VII. And be it further enacted, That the rules of discipline, approved and established by Congress, in their resolution of the twenty-ninth of March, 1779, shall be the rules of discipline so be observed by the militia throughout the United States,...etc. etc."


I.E. Well regulated Militias...provided for by the Congress.