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Interesting. :)

LovesHisXD45

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LOL I found this in the utah code and though you guys might get a kick out of this. Read through it, and you will see why. :)

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Utah Code Title 39 Militia and Armories
Chapter 1 State Militia
Section 1 Militia -- How constituted -- Persons exempted.

39-1-1. Militia -- How constituted -- Persons exempted.
(1) All able-bodied citizens, and all able-bodied persons of foreign birth who have declared their intention to become citizens, who are 18 years of age or older and younger than 45 years of age, who are residents of this state, constitute the militia, subject to the following exemptions:
(a) persons exempted by laws of the United States;
(b) persons exempted by the laws of this state;
(c) all persons who have been honorably discharged from the army, air force, navy, or volunteer forces of the United States;
(d) active members of any regularly organized fire or police department in any city or town, but no member of the active militia is relieved from duty because of his joining any volunteer fire company or department;
(e) judges and clerks of courts of record, state and county civil officers holding office by election, state officers appointed by the governor for a specified term of office, ministers of the gospel, practicing physicians, superintendents, officers and assistants of hospitals, prisons and jails, conductors, brakemen, flagmen, engineers and firemen of railways, and all other employees of railways actually employed in train service; and
(f) idiots, lunatics, and persons convicted of infamous crime.
(2) All exempted persons, except those enumerated in Subsections (a) through (f), are liable to military duty in case of war, insurrection, invasion, tumult, riot, or public disaster, or imminent danger of any of these, or after they have voluntarily enlisted in the National Guard of this state.

Gotta watch out for those idiots and lunatics out there. :)

Kevin
 

LovesHisXD45

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Oh, and one more thing.. Even if those idiots in Washington decide that the 2nd amendment only applies to militia, most of us are covered under this statute, right? :)
 

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Good that you noted the statute on the militia. I've long told people of it, though most don't really believe me. The Herald Journal (Logan) did publish an article I wrote as a guest editorialist on the topic way back in 1995 (May 28). It was the time of much public furor over the rise of the militia's nationwide and I simply pointed out that is was on the books all along. I wonder if the Guv even is aware of it, let alone has any plans to ever call us up! ;-)
 

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LovesHisXD45 wrote:
Gotta watch out for those idiots and lunatics out there. :)

Kevin
While it reads a bit funny to our PC ears, we should remember that historically the words "idiot" and "lunatic" are the legally acceptable terms for the mentally handicapped/disabled and the mentally ill, respectively. In other words, "idiots and lunatics" was a legal term of art for what we would today lump together as "the mentally incompetent."

This wording in the statute then simply shows how long it has been since this code was updated or amended and any bill to amend this section would almost certainly also include some "clean up" language to modernize these terms.

Charles
 
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