In all honesty, I am not trying to troll you or anyone else.
I was sort of being sarcastic, but not really.
It’s hard to describe, Bronzy, because here lately I find that the world I live in has no meaning, no reason, no sanity...nothing.
I do in fact believe that the 1792 law being referred to here is in fact racist, sexist, and ageist, because it in fact refers specifically to race, sex and age.
I was being sort of sarcastic when I said it would not pass today, because actually I do believe it could pass today, or at least something similar to it i.e. a law that applies only to a specific race, sex and age of people and no one else, because we are seeing right before our very eyes that self defense laws do NOT apply to white hispanics that defend their lives via legal deadly force against a black black violent criminal thug, no that is not a typo.
My problem, Bronzy, is that if I seem a little crazy, it’s because I can no longer make sense of the world I live in.
In 1792, that was the description of who was expected to submit to military service on short notice. It was not about privilege, it was about obligation. They were required to arm themselves so that when the militia was called out they would already be equipped and ready to fight; the army did not have a multibillion dollar budget. Of course we changed the definition of obligated militia members since. And, BTW, anyone of any color can arm themselves. Remember, it was about obligation back then.
(see, write a sensible post, get a sensible response)