So, has this ever been repealed? Are we still required to own a firearm and ammunition?
I got it covered, myself, but it would be nice to tell people that I am following the law!
“Are we still required to own a firearm and ammunition?”
Pasted below is the law as it is now so far as I know. I believe the requirement to own a firearm and ammunition went out with the establishment of the National Guard, if not before.
Lot’s of us are a member of one of those “evil” militias :) And folks over 45 can be members of State militias depending on state law.
TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
CHAPTER 13 - THE MILITIA
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Sec. 311. Militia: composition and classes
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(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.
Yes, IIRC it was replaced by the Dick Act.