"Don't need them....We the People SHALL form a legal, formal, Militia, if required."
Sure.
You going to guard 2,000 miles of US-Mexican border for free?
Let's just build a 20 ft tall cement, barbed wire fence and be done with it once and for all.
You going to guard 2,000 miles of US-Mexican border for free?<<<
Plenty would be willing (just ask The Minutemen), but they should not have to. TAX DOLLARS, for once, can be used for a constitutional reason: Protecting this Country.
If a temperary project such as the minutemen can bring that many unpaid Patriots, I'm sure someting could be worked out for our borders full-time.
I personally know 10 people who will patrol the Border with the Minutemen in Texas this Year. I'm sure that number will increase as word gets around. These same folks have the means and the will, to join a full-time Militia.
I myself will give one week vacation to the Patrol, others, who have no need for full time employement, can and will do "their time" watching the Border as well.