First Militia Act of 1792[edit]
The first Act, passed May 2, 1792, provided for the authority of the president to call out the militias of the several
states, "whenever the
United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe".
[3] The law also authorized the President to call the militias into Federal service "whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the
marshals by this act".
[4] This provision likely referred to uprisings such as
Shays' Rebellion. The president's authority in both cases was to expire after two years.
Second Militia Act of 1792[edit]

Front page of a newspaper announcing the second Militia Act of 1792.
The second Act, passed May 8, 1792, provided for the organization of the state militias. It
conscripted every "free able-bodied white male citizen" between the ages of 18 and 45 into a local militia company. (This was later expanded to all males, regardless of race, between the ages of 18 and 54 in 1862.)
Militia members, referred to as "every citizen, so enrolled and notified", "...shall within six months thereafter, provide himself..." with a musket, bayonet and belt, two spare flints, a cartridge box with 24 bullets, and a knapsack. Men owning rifles were required to provide a powder horn, ¼ pound of gunpowder, 20 rifle balls, a shooting pouch, and a knapsack.[5] Some occupations were exempt, such as congressmen, stagecoach drivers, and ferryboatmen.
The militias were divided into "
divisions,
brigades,
regiments,
battalions, and
companies" as the state legislatures would direct.
[6] The provisions of the first Act governing the calling up of the militia by the president in case of invasion or obstruction to law enforcement were continued in the second act.
[7] Court martial proceedings were authorized by the statute against militia members who disobeyed orders.
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Use and subsequent amendments[edit]
The authority to call forth the militia was first invoked by George Washington to put down the
Whiskey rebellion in Western Pennsylvania in 1794, just before the law granting that authority expired. Congress quickly passed the
Militia Act of 1795, which by and large mirrored the provisions of the 1792 Act. The Militia Act of 1795 was in turn amended by the
Militia Act of 1862, which allowed
African-Americans to serve in the militias of the United States. It was superseded by the
Militia Act of 1903, which established the
United States National Guard as the chief body of organized military reserves in the United States.
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Militia Acts of 1792 - Wikipedia
Yes Libtards, you are required to own a fire arm of equal capabilities as the standard issue firearms THE US MILITARY is issued if you are between the ages of 18 and 45.