CompuServe Messages

Don – RE: Well-regulated vs. Unorganized Unorganized is a word with several meanings – for instance, an 'unorganized township' doesn't mean that the town is not well-regulated. I detect that you are playing games with words here. Given the legal and historical definitions of 'militia', it IS necessary that the militia be secured the right to keep and bear arms. In the unlikely but entirely possible scenario that this country is attacked by enemies, foreign or domestic, it makes no sense for the militia to be disarmed. I for one am a proponent of firearm registration at the state level. This ensures that the Unorganized Militia can quickly become part of the Organized Militia if and when needed – the state can immediately determine which militia members need to be furnished weapons. Garry Nelson