Talk:Militia Law of 1792

Put the article in its proper context. Removed all of what could easily be construed as original research and POV. Removed references to the National Guard and State Defense Forces as Militia Act of 1903 created the organized and unorganized militias, and the National Defense Act of 1916 created the National Guard, the ideology that the militia of the several states is the same as the National Guard or State Guards is a political POV. That argument is outside the scope of the Militia Act of 1792. The Miltia Act of 1792 (both portions) deals with the militia of the several states, which the act itself states consists of every male US citizen between the ages of 18 and 45.

The case can be made that this act has led to the creation of the selective service program within the United States as members of the National Guard, State Defense Forces, and military armed forces cannot claim exemption from combat duty after they have voluntarily joined the US armed forces.

It is interesting to note that title 10, section 312, paragraph b states that; "A person who claims exemption because of religious belief is exempt from militia duty in a combatant capacity, if the conscientious holding of that belief is established under such regulations as the President may prescribe. However, such a person is not exempt from militia duty that the President determines to be noncombatant."Tetragrammaton 03:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)