Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 2A: Group or individual right? [View all]jimmy the one
(2,720 posts)sergeant: . I take it......you are not retired military.
Correct technically, I wasn't a lifer, but in a sense retired since I'll never re-up again; ~3 yrs active & 12 in reserves, got the token meritorious service award after 12 I think it was (navy). Also marksman badge fwiw.
sergeant: Former members of the armed forces are also considered part of the "unorganized militia" per Sec 313 Title 32 of the US Code.
So? I noted most of the Unorg militia who showed up during wwII were wwI vets (tho that provision may not even've been in effect then).
But more proof the UNorg'd militia as an organization is a joke. Explain how after 6 yrs military service one is exempt from further obligatory service, yet still obligated to do 'UNORGANIZED' militia duty (whatever that is). I wouldn't show up for Unorg'd miiitia & there's not a whit they could do, and my veteran status & 4 honorables could not be revoked nor downgraded.
Former military members evidently are considered part of this cosmetic glitter called the (feel good) unorganized militia, but any vet worth his salt would be cautious of affiliating with a lot of unorganized armed rabble.
(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.
(a) To be eligible for original enlistment in the National Guard, a person must be at least 17 years of age and under 45, or under 64 years of age and a former member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps. To be eligible for reenlistment, a person must be under 64 years of age.
sergeant: When I stood at my classroom window in Brooklyn, watching the twin towers fall, many of my colleagues were in tears. Besides myself, only one other teacher in the building was prior service. As I was standing by the window, he walked over to me, and put his hand on my shoulder. "I feel bad for them, I really do" He said, nodding his head toward a cluster of teachers also standing by a window. "Why is that?" I replied. "They don't have a Marine Corps that will take them back in a heartbeat." He said. For me it was another 10 years in the Guard. The Marine was deployed three times.
I don't see the joke in any of that
Haven't the foggiest idea what you're driving at, it's not all about you. And you were not deployed under the auspices of the Unorganized militia, but either the NG or the corps. Affiliation with the unorg'd militia had nowt to do with anything. Thousands of unorg'd militia are denied admission to the regular US military every year.
Hundreds of thousands of violent & property crimes and gun murder are committed in the USA every single year, done probably mostly by members of the 'unorganized militia', and you're trying to evoke sympathy from 9/11 due some teachers somehow losing their jobs? or did they all lose a relative or friend etc?