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Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 months agoI did enlist, 24 years ago. The proper epithet for me is “Chairborne Ranger”, not “Gravy Seal”.
I do agree with you: what the constitution refers to as the militia is not the various “gaggles of fuckwits” that regularly claim the title. Those nitwits calling themselves “militia” and dressing up in military surplus are some weird motherfuckers, but they are only “militia” in the same sense that that the local PTA, or an adult, recreational soccer league, or a knitting circle are “militia”. It is their status as members of the citizenry that makes them militia, not their participation in some sort of outdoor paramilitary adventure club.
As you have never learned what “militia” actually means, it is unsurprising that you have never learned the difference between “militia” and “military”.
The militia is charged with providing the security of a free state. The militia may be called forth to enforce law, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion. The military can only perform that last function.
Under the Posse Comitatus act, the military is expressly prohibited from enforcement of law and suppression of insurrection. Those activities may only be performed by the militia. The various people being paid to perform those activities have been “called forth” for that purpose, but one need not be formally “called forth” to act.
A woman walking across a parking lot, clutching the little can of pepper spray on her keychain, is a militiaman. Her presence deterring would-be criminals from attacking herself or anyone else in the area is one kind of “security” referred to in the Second Amendment.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
who are you that is so wise in the ways of the muppet militia?
You really are convinced this is a thing… your description of the ‘woman clutching a can’ as a militia makes the militia types I see all the funnier.
It’s all bullshit, neither she nor they are a militia in any logical sense, but I guess semantics are important to someone. Not me, your talents are wasted here.
pfft…
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 months ago
I will be happy to consider your argument if and when you provide a definition of militia. As you have not provided any such definition, your argument above is meaningless.
I have ample justification for that conviction. You can disagree, of course, but you have provided no logical basis for that disagreement. Again, you will need to provide and support a contrary definition of “militia” as it is used in Article I and 2A in order to make your claims.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
you’ve offered a lot of text but zero citations that support your argument, but are surprised I’m dubious?
you live around a lot of gullible or stupid people apparently. not everyone is going to accept your assertions.
you’ve got a lot of word salad and little that justifies arming the populace.
militia or otherwise. it’s all gun fetishism and I’m not into it.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Are you being intellectually lazy, or are you arguing in bad faith?
10 USC 246.
I have cited it multiple times now. While I prefer to use the broader the, constitutional meaning, the legislated definition is sufficient to demonstrate my point.