Private gun-owning citizens are not automatically counted among active unorganized militia.
Even in the few active state militia they would be considered eligible, not members.
SCOTUS has had contradictory decisions in the past on whether private gun rights hinge on military applications of the specific firearms, but indeed this is the talking point - state militias.
Collectively, the people who parrot "Shall Not Be Infringed" are really trying to avoid the militia debate entirely.
Even in the few active state militia they would be considered eligible, not members.
SCOTUS has had contradictory decisions in the past on whether private gun rights hinge on military applications of the specific firearms, but indeed this is the talking point - state militias.
Collectively, the people who parrot "Shall Not Be Infringed" are really trying to avoid the militia debate entirely.