GranQroppoop posted...
The National Guard is considered Militia, the only one currently authorized to be one by Congress. It's in the Articles (A1 sections 8 and 10 and A2 section 2) as a way of preventing state governments from having private armies.
Why do you only tell half truths?
10 U.S. Code 246 - Militia: composition and classes
(a) 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.
(b) The classes of the militia are
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.