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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> spike@rainier66.com <spike@rainier66.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 14, 2020 6:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'ExI chat list' <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Cc:</b> spike@rainier66.com<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [ExI] ccp struggles<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] ccp struggles<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>>…<span style='color:black'>Nowhere that I know of do we have a militia. bill w</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Everywhere that I know of we have a militia. spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Being over age 45 and my son under the age of 17, and my bride female, the three of us are not part of the militia, but rather are allies of it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>10 U.S. Code § 246.Militia: composition and classes<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #F3565D 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:white;margin-left:-.25in;margin-right:1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;border:none;padding:0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246#tab_default_1"><span style='color:#0068AC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>U.S. Code</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246#tab_default_2"><span style='color:#0068AC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Notes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>prev | <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/247"><span style='color:#0068AC'>next</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:12.0pt;background:white'><a name=a></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>(a)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/313"><span style='color:#0068AC'>section 313 of title 32</span></a>, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:12.0pt;background:white'><a name=b></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>(b)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The classes of the militia are—<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;background:white'><a name="b_1"></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>(1)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;background:white'><a name="b_2"></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>(2)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That exception is for people up to age 64 who are former military.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>