[Dead Corpse]

Actually, as per Art 1 Sect 8 and the 1792 Militia Act, any and all ACTIVE duty Militia are bound to follow orders from their elected officers. Note: the Militia is not the National Guard.

Inactive Militia are under no such stricture. So the active duty militia is "bound" to the civil authority. The inactive isn't. Therein lies a stumbling block for more than one persons arguments.

Of course, the protection is broad and general and applies to all US Citizens not subject to a criminal penalty. Regardless of the "home rule" status claimed by their city/State.

[King Prout]

yep - see recent USC citation at #150

funny how almost no one (except the hardcore 2Am folks) refers to the actual legal definition of Militia in these arguments