Founding documents, constitutional structure, modern federal law, and state-specific sources.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
The National Archives publishes the official Bill of Rights transcript. Militia America uses that primary text as the starting point rather than paraphrasing it.
Clauses 15 and 16 address calling forth the militia and organizing, arming, and disciplining it, while reserving specified state authority.
Current federal law distinguishes organized and unorganized militia categories. That statutory classification is not the same thing as making a private group an official military unit.
States can impose their own restrictions on private military organization and related conduct. Every state page should be checked against current official law.
Texas Government Code §437.208 restricts bodies outside specified official forces from associating as a military company or organization or parading publicly with firearms in a municipality, subject to the statute's stated exception. That is why Militia America is structured as a private civic-education, preparedness, service, and directory platform—not as an official governmental force.