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ifanyonecan wrote:

HankB wrote:Hmmm . . . what if a state passed a law saying that all adult US citizens residing in a state and of sound mind and no criminal record were eligible to volunteer to be members of the State Militia, said state militia members being expected to obtain at reasonable cost and maintain in good working order personal firearms that were functionally equivalent to those issued to US military personnel, including FA capability? Wouldn't this tend to create headaches for those enforcing the 1986 machinegun freeze?

I wonder how this would differ from other paramilitary civilian organizations, such as Xe Services (Blackwater).

AFAIK, Xe/Blackwater is a private company. I was thinking that if a state - a unit of government - established explicitly that individuals could be considered "militia" members and expected to have FA firearms, that Fed.Gov would have some difficulty in preventing it. (IANAL, so if I'm overlooking something obvious, I'd welcome correction from someone with legal competence.)

Hmmm . . . what if a state passed a law saying that all adult US citizens residing in a state and of sound mind and no criminal record were eligible to volunteer to be members of the State Militia, said state militia members being expected to obtain at reasonable cost and maintain in good working order personal firearms that were functionally equivalent to those issued to US military personnel, including FA capability? Wouldn't this tend to create headaches for those enforcing the 1986 machinegun freeze?

But by making something entirely in Texas, you would reduce the demand for items made out of state. Reduced demand for out of state items would affect the price for out of state items, affecting interstate commerce.

So by not participating in interstate commerce, you'd be affecting interstate commerce, and hence, you'd be participating in interstate commerce.

And the Feds would claim juridiction, just like they did in the '40s when they stopped a guy from growing his own grain to feed his own livestock.

(It only sounds insane because . . . well . . . it is.)