Reply #5: On the other hand Deen could claim he is doing Congress' job required by our Constitution [View All]

[jody]

"To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia" particularly since in Lousiana the unorganized militia is quite large and could have been used in Katrina by either the governor or sheriffs.

RS 29:3

§3. Militia

A. All able-bodied persons between the ages of seventeen and sixty-four residing in this state and who are not exempt by the laws of the United States of America or of this state constitute the militia of Louisiana and are subject to military duty.

B. The militia is divided into two classes, the organized militia and the unorganized militia.

(1) The organized militia consists of the national guard, the Louisiana State Guard and other organized military forces which may be authorized by law.

(2) The unorganized militia consists of all other persons subject to military duty.