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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1408880" data-attributes="member: 12952">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1792" target="_blank">Militia Act of 1792</a> which provided, in part:That each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years (except as is herein after excepted) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia, ... every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock....The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1903" target="_blank">Militia Act of 1903</a> divided what had been the militia into what it termed the &quot;organized&quot; militia, created from portions of the former state guards to become state <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" target="_blank">National Guard</a> units, and the &quot;unorganized&quot; militia consisting of all males from ages 17 to 45, with the exception of certain officials and others, which is codified in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" target="_blank">10 U.S.C.</a> <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/311.html" target="_blank">§ 311</a>.However The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791 .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1408880, member: 12952"] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1792']Militia Act of 1792[/URL] which provided, in part: That each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years (except as is herein after excepted) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia, ... every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock.... The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1903']Militia Act of 1903[/URL] divided what had been the militia into what it termed the "organized" militia, created from portions of the former state guards to become state [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard']National Guard[/URL] units, and the "unorganized" militia consisting of all males from ages 17 to 45, with the exception of certain officials and others, which is codified in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code']10 U.S.C.[/URL] [URL='http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/311.html']§ 311[/URL]. However The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791 . [/QUOTE]

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