bthest , I agree with the whole of your post.

the second is all about defense of self, then successively local and state and federal.
It is the individuals who join together to protect the successive levels of community that become militia. So if the population is not in possession of the firearms or whatever is available to them due to technical increase.. then how are they to defend against? smiles.. there is where many of people begin to have problems. kinda means we should stop expending into military technology and keep it low level doesn't it.. Grins even more.
Anyways... That is how it started and is coming back around to it .. as the law abiding citizen has a right to self defense..
The courts have said that there is no emphasis on the LEO community to act to defend. It is to act to enforce and catch the criminal. That is evident in why they rush to a crime afterwards and often are too late during the commission of it ... As they can not prevent but end up cleaning up basically.

Since I am a CCW and was an instructor until earlier this year .. I see a huge increase in those whom seek legal carry because of the crime increase.
And in states that have CCW .. the criminal populations knows it.. and crime statistically drops and drops every year. That is not put into the pc/media/news.
Wonder why ? could it because that doesn't promote their anti-gun agenda ?