And if it is about militia how come that it is a second item in something called "Bill of Rights" ?
Agreed. Militia is not a military term, it is a popular term used to define the entire body of able-bodied otherwise rightfully armed men wo have the right and responsibility to enforce the security f the “state” (meaning organized body politic of a town, county or state) when necessary. Their right to arms is an individual right, as arms are carried by a person, the person acts as the “arm” of the state. States ( body politic) has a right to protect itself as a more abstract idea using men at arms, whether part of a military or from its citizenry at large as the case may be, against threats to that “state’s” safety.
Why cannot the left understand this simple vertical concept of right to arms? (Person, community, county, state, nation)
Oh, I know, they want the state ( the administration thereof) to be all powerful and able to wield force only on its own accord. The demise of the militia occurred at the enactment of the and creation of the “National Guard”, which eliminated for all intents and purposes the local militia ( whether volunteer or organized or simply the arm man at home. The most insidious bane of liberty for freemen.
Only a few states’ have “militias” at all- mostly called state guards or similar.
The Selective Service Act is often used to describe the “militia” but that is a false proposition, surely the draft is important in case of national mobilization, but it is not a militia for any practical purpose.