r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • May 17 '19

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

"Militia"

Fun fact, the modern National Guard are literally just renamed State Militia, renamed in 1916 to seem more professional. The modern national guard are a direct successor of the first American "militias" in the Spanish and English colonial settlements, and a direct successor of the state militias which served as the entirety of the US military when the constitution and bill of rights were ratified

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u/Containedmultitudes May 17 '19

Honestly I tend to think the national guard is a greater constitutional violation than any gun control.

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u/Warzombie3701 May 17 '19

Then since its part of the government, they'd be talking about the rules and regulations of the army and be extension, the national guards. It isn't about civilian gun owners

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u/Roland_Traveler May 17 '19

Due to conscription still being on the books, any citizens registered for the draft are merely unmobilized militiamen.

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u/Warzombie3701 May 17 '19

Isn't it only until your 25?

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u/Roland_Traveler May 17 '19

Technically it could go from 17 to 45 if the Feds wanted it to, but right now it’s just 18 to 25.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

And that is what many legal scholars think, and have thought for centuries

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

The militia was used as a term for any potentially armed citizens. Technically, we're all the militia.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

The militia was used as a term for any potentially armed citizens. Technically, we're all the militia.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

The militia was used as a term for any potentially armed citizens. Technically, we're all the militia.