“Some folks say that in the Constitution the word “militia” refers to a state militia. That would be today’s National Guard.”
The militia is not just the National Guard. The National Guard is part of the organized militia. Those who are not in the National Guard and who otherwise qualify are in the unorganized militia.
Note:
(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.
> The militia is not just the National Guard. <
Agreed! My point was that gun-grabbers try to twist the Second Amendment’s wording to mean that it applies to the National Guard only. They are wrong, and the U.S. Code you cited is more evidence of that.
But no U.S. Code is really necessary. The Second Amendment talks about the “people”. That’s something that the gun-grabbers conveniently ignore.