What’s Old Is New Again, and Militias Are the New Black
Militias date back to the origins of the United States and earlier. They were created for the same reasons we are seeing a resurgence in militias today: to stand up against a government that can’t be trusted.
From MilitaryHistoryNow.com:
Perhaps the strongest cultural tradition to transfer from England to its colonies was the distrust of a standing army that could enforce the crown’s will and circumvent parliament. England’s strength lay in its navy, which was out of sight – and often out of mind – and could not project power inland. The army was not considered a gentleman’s occupation and soldiers were looked upon as mere pawns.
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprizes of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.
The Founding Fathers knew something few seem to realize today: power corrupts horrible people. Thus, they wrote the need for a militia into the 2nd Amendment: “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.”
Leftists like to pretend there are differing interpretations of the 2nd Amendment, but it seems incontestable to me. Armed militias are a necessary segment of our freedom. Easy peasy, unless you’re a demented communist.
History is full of political tyrants, but we only need to revisit the 20th century to see why an armed populace is a good thing. Walking an entire neighborhood into a gas chamber becomes more difficult when they shoot at those sent to round them up. Stealing food from, and starving to death, four million Ukrainians becomes a sticky issue when the farmers are armed, organized, and firing at your head. When faced with firepower, a dictator’s paramilitary myrmidons aren’t so eager to kick in your door.
FACT-O-RAMA! The federal government’s actions are pushing Americans into militias. If they stopped harassing peaceful people and encouraging criminals, there would be fewer militias. It’s ALMOST as though the feds are pushing armed Americans together on purpose.
- You put a patriotic sticker on your car
- Your gendervoid niecephew sees the sticker and gets “triggered”
- A local commie judge agrees you are a threat to the pinkos of, say, Ann Arbor
- Your guns are purloined
- Repeat as necessary until law-abiding patriots are disarmed
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED-O-RAMA! Democrats allow crime to run rampant, then use gun-related crime stats to enact bogus laws meant to infringe on the 2nd Amendment rights of We the People.
Holton Township, Mich., located in Muskegon County, has had enough anti-2nd-Amendment tyranny and declared their town a sanctuary city to preserve their gun rights. They also formed a militia.
A militia to defend the Second Amendment.
The Holton Township board passed a resolution for a voluntary community militia whose purpose is to preserve the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. pic.twitter.com/eDhfCEpvPC
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) April 18, 2024
LIBERTY-O-RAMA! Fifty-four of Michigan’s 83 counties are now 2nd Amendment Sanctuary locales.
FACT-O-RAMA! Militias are mostly legal but you should consult an expert in your state before you start recruiting. Starting a militia will invariably draw the attention of federal authorities, and you know what they did to the family of Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, which many believe led to militias being formed.