It's the Second Amendment thing of course:
As one of the two neighbours of the US, the security of whose free states is jeopardized by the right of the people that lie between us to keep and bear arms (and by extension sell them to our wrong doers) we folk to the north have a direct interest in such things. And it all seems to begin with the militia-thing.
So: Are there any organizations that have been defined as Militias under the amendment, and what are they? How do they work? Or is "Militia" as used here, something else entirely?
I'm curious which are the militias providing that said state security, and how arms-bearing by private citizens who are not members relates to it/them. I know that second clause is the nub of the two hundred year and more argument, but it's also all about reading meaning into the comma that connects them, and that's entirely changeable from one Court's interpretation to the next. Anyway, TERB is not a court. So please. Topic: Militias, if possible.US Constitution, Bill of Rights
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
As one of the two neighbours of the US, the security of whose free states is jeopardized by the right of the people that lie between us to keep and bear arms (and by extension sell them to our wrong doers) we folk to the north have a direct interest in such things. And it all seems to begin with the militia-thing.
So: Are there any organizations that have been defined as Militias under the amendment, and what are they? How do they work? Or is "Militia" as used here, something else entirely?