The National Guard has been deemed a "select militia" by SCOTUS - not to be confused with the general (or "unorganized" as noted by the DC Circuit's verdict which you obviously haven't read, because they clearly addressed this) militia.
There certainly is a place for the gov't to provide arms to the select militia and standing army - reasons including commonality, assurance and affordability. There is also a place for militia members outside those groups to provide their own weapons, making sure those called up can show up armed and ready immediately, as the gov't is not necessarily able to equip large numbers under difficult conditions immediately (heck, they're having trouble keeping up with weapons needs in Iraq for the select militia; if you're called up, you may need to bring your own).
Numbnuts said that without arms there was no way for civilians to participate in militia duty. I pointed out that the National Guard manages to do it -- Guardsmen don't take their weapons home.
That's the only reason I brought up the Guard. I wasn't trying to make any other comparison to a Militia.
Ease up. Here I am trying to get past the first page of the verdict and you keep interrupting me.