Militia
Posted on | June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments
Submitted on 2009/05/31 at 8:41pm
As Dr. Orly has posted before, the Committees of Safety (www.committeesofsafety.org) is a non-profit group dedicated to upholding the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and especially to revitalizing the militia of the several states. The second amendment mentions “a well-regulated militia,” and that is the legal entity to which Dr. Orly is referring. In colonial times, all men between the ages of 16 and 60 had to serve in the militia in order to be ready to protect the state if it were attacked or to face the government if it became tyrannical. Participation was absolutely mandatory, and if the head of the militia came by to check a man’s musket and readiness to defend and his musket wasn’t ready or working, the man was fined. Think if every able-bodied man in this country today were part of a peaceful but organized citizens’ militia. The government would slink back to whence it came. We definitely need to revitalize the militia of ALL the states. Statutes are being written now to do this in an organized and legal way through our state legislatures. |
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2 Responses to “Militia”
June 1st, 2009 @ 11:18 am
I have always felt the 2nd Amendment to be an obligation more so than a ‘right’!
G B
June 1st, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
Restoring the militia is absolutely essential. Dr. Edwin Vieira is the top scholar on this topic; see some of his militia articles at https://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwinA.htm
Committees of Safety is going to be at a major state legislator summit soon and are collecting donations to help defray costs. This is a big chance for us to get local officials on our side. I encourage everyone to please head to http://www.committeesofsafety.org and consider making a donation (even if it’s small; everything helps).