My understanding (garnered by what I read and hear from friends in the US), is that the unorganised militia is actually what is referred to as the Reserve Militia and is therefore catered for under the model used in WWII, Korea and Vietnam where, when activated eligible adults were called up into military service either as part of guard units or regular army/navy/air force formations.
If so, then this is AFAIK federally funded, trained and equipped. You just don't get the equipment and training until required by your call up.
This being the case, any military style weapon ownership by individuals would be redundant, as weapons would be provided by the standing military organisations and not by individuals.
This from Wikipedia on that subject.
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The reserve militia
All able bodied men, 17 to 45 of age, are ultimately eligible to be called up into military service and belong to the class known as the reserve militia, also known as the unorganized militia (10 USC). Able bodied men who are not eligible for inclusion in the reserve militia pool are those aliens not having declared their intent to become citizens of the United States (10 USC 311) and former regular component veterans of the armed forces who have reached the age of 64 (32 USC 313). All female citizens who are members of National Guard units are also included in the reserve militia pool (10 USC 311).
Other persons who are exempt from call to duty (10 USC 312) and are not therefore in the reserve militia pool include:- The Vice President (also constitutionally the President of the Senate, that body which confirms the appointment of senior armed forces officers made by the Commander in Chief).
- The judicial and executive officers of the United States, the several States and Territories, and Puerto Rico.
- Members of the armed forces, except members who are not on active duty.
- Customhouse clerks.
- Persons employed by the United States in the transmission of mail.
- Workmen employed in armories, arsenals, and naval shipyards of the United States.
- Pilots on navigable waters.
- Mariners in the sea service of a citizen of, or a merchant in, the United States.
Many individual states have additional statutes describing their residents as part of the state militia; for example Washington law specifies all able-bodied citizens or intended citizens over the age of eighteen as members of the state militia, as explicitly distinct from the National Guard and Washington State Guard.[43]
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Not being familiar with all the state statutes is there any provision for an unorganised militia outside call up to military service?