Who are the Militia?

[jimmy the one]

101. you're not feigning ignorance, HB

hans: PA did not have an organized militia until after 1776, the unorganized militia in PA predated the organized militia.

stop hans, you're giving me a superiority complex.. there was no 'UNorganized militia' system that's absurd, in any of the colonies; Quakers who settled Pennsylvania were pacifist whose religious teachings compelled them to avoid scrupulously war and violence. They opposed enactment of a militia law, but the Duke of York initially compelled them.. The early militia law was soon abandoned under pressures from the {Quakers};

And hans you obviously are unfamiliar with the term 'unorganized militia': The term "unorganized" did not begin to emerge until the 1830s and 1840s, when a massive wave of opposition destroyed the compulsory militia system. Nobody wanted to serve in the militia. State governors and legislators wanted to be able to accommodate this desire, but they were bound by the 1792 Uniform Militia Act, which stated that every white male aged 18-45 would be in the militia. Militia service was so unpopular that Delaware abolished its militia system in 1831. Massachusetts eliminated compulsory service in 1840, followed by Maine, Ohio, Vermont 1844, Connecticut New York 1846, Missouri 1847, New Hampshire 1851. http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2012/12/nra-lie-2nd-amendment-is-to-prevent.html

hans: Read the various state militia acts, they had both train bands (those currently in training) and call lists.

wrong again hans, websters1828 TRA'IN-BAND, n. [train and band.] A band or company of militia. Train-bands, in the plural, militia; so called because trained to military exercises ... Train: 6. A company in order; a procession.
AmerHeritage: trainband: A company of trained militia in England or America from the 16th to the 18th century

hans: Previously I have read your comments and thought you must be feigning ignorance of facts which are well known to those who have studied the issue.. I see now that it is not an act, you really do not know what you are talking about.

I have never thought you were feigning ignorance, Hans.