brian: "the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Milita"...that's the part to me that is not clearly defined. and perhaps it was left that way on purpose?

one could interpret that the unorganized militia includes those militia units under the command of state governors.

and one could also interpret that the unorganized militia includes all citizens.


Ed,
the Bill Of rights was ratified when there was no Active Army. After the revolution, states still maintained their own militias called to service when needed. These have been and are now under the control of the Governor of each state unless federalized. These are the organized militias.
The unorganized militia would be those citizens not members of the organized militia or in todays parlance, not members of the National Guard.

Brian
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