State Governments top heavy with progressive thinkers have been looking for excuses to pass laws banning “militias.” Vermont, to my geographic and ideological left, used a gun range with a few unpermitted buildings to ban Militias statewide, and Vermont only exists because of a militia. Maine just followed suit.
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The Militia vs. The Standing Army: Does the Distinction Matter?
Within the debate over the meaning of the Second Amendment, a lot of attention gets paid to the phrase “well-regulated militia.” Most of the time, the focus is on whether or not this phrase infers a collective right, or explains the need for the individual right to keep and bear arms.
What Can a Private Militia Do? Not Much in New Hampshire!
This article was prompted by Stephen Peterson’s March 16, 2023 article at GraniteGrok.com, entitled “New Hampshire Constitutional Militia.” Peterson referred to the essay by Edwin Vieira, which is reprinted in the book by Daniel McGonigle.
New Hampshire Constitutional Militia
The Second Amendment of the US Constitution reads: 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.
Mary’s Moral Militia, Part 5: Mike Lindell’s Cellphone
It now seems that there will be more than (the promised) five parts in this series on the moral militia. Today I will detour from the main road to look at the current event of the FBI grabbing the cellphone of the Pillow Guy, Mike Lindell.
Mary’s Moral Militia, Part 1
The other day I was reading George Washington’s 6th State of the Union Address (typical beach reading when you are running for office) and was surprised to see this bit:
Circuit Court: State’s Cannot Ban 18-Year Olds from Buying Handguns
This Fourth Circuit ruling will be heading to the US Supreme Court after a three-judge panel ruled that a 1968 law prohibiting adults under the age of 21 from buying firearms is unconstitutional.
Gun Confiscation Battle Could Pit National Guard Against Virginia County Militia
The incoming Democrat majority in the Virginia State legislature has stated intentions to pass gun control confiscation in January to address the Governor’s call for “common-sense public safety laws” — including universal background checks and bans on assault-style weapons and bump stocks. 75 Virginia counties pushed back and preemptively declared themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries in … Read more
Of Militia
Americans suffer from a political disability. They no longer understand the intent of the most fundamental organs of our government. If you as the typical American ask what a militia is, they will tell likely you that it is a group of people playing army in the woods. Or even worse, they will tell that it is people organizing to fight the government. If you ask them how a militia is formed, they will reply that someone just gets a bunch of friends to follow them. Appoints himself as leader and others as subordinate officers. All of this seems to proceed out of a mythology surrounding the American War for Independence.
There is an idea that local leaders simply decided to form militia companies, and other local people fell in behind them. Then they all just marched off to fight the British. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Of Martial Law
Before I begin my discourses on Locke and constitutional government my wife suggested that I needed to write on the definitions of two terms: martial law and militia. I am going to discuss martial law first.
Currently, my wife and I are reading an “apocalyptic” book which deals with life after an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) takes out the power grid. I read many series of such books to my son Jarrod in the last years of his life. Through out this genre of books there is a consistent misunderstanding of marital law. Provisions for martial law are included in our State Constitutions, and has definite meaning. The martial law is a lawful power of government, and proper understanding of it and its lawful implementation is important.