~The Militia Movement~
"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."
What the Founders Meant by "Well Regulated" The precedent for the language used in the Second Amendment is the first Continental Congress's resolution of
March 23, 1775 that was introduced by Patrick Henry:
"A well regulated militia, composed of gentlemen and yeomen, is the natural strength and only security of a free government; that such a militia in this colony would forever render it unnecessary for the mother country to keep among us, for the purpose of our defence, any standing army of mercenary forces, always subversive of the quiet, and dangerous to the liberties, of the people, and would obviate the pretext of taxing us for their support."
via The GreatSeal.com
~The Militia,... "Killing the "Borg" Myth with Numbers"~
State & County Constitutional Militias Buy More Firearms In 3 Months, Than What It Takes To Outfit The Entire Chinese And Indian Armies!-
~"Ultimate power over the militia is not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor to the states, but resides with the people. Consequently, the power of the militia remains in the hands of the people. Again, the fundamental function of the militia in society remains with the people."~
~"Therefore, the Second Amendment recognizes that the militia’s existence and the security of the state rests ultimately in the people who volunteer their persons to constitute the militia and their arms to supply its firepower. The primary defense of the state rests with the citizen militia bearing its own arms. Fundamentally, it is not the state that defends the people, but the people who defend the state. The secondary defense of the state consists in the statutory organization known as the National Guard. Whereas the National Guard is solely the creation of statutory law, the militia derives its existence from the inherent inalienable rights of man which existed before the Constitution and whose importance are such that they merited specific recognition in that document. While the National Guard came into existence as a result of legislative activity, the militia existed before there was a nation or a constitutional form of government. The militia consisting of people owning and bearing personal weapons is the very authority out of which the United States Constitution grew."~
~“You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” ~
~ Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto - WWII
via http://politicalvelcraft.org/2010/11/25/states-constitutional-militias-sovereign-militias-buy-more-firearms-in-3-months-than-what-it-takes-to-outfit-the-entire-chinese-and-indian-armies-combined/
United States Militias: Oath To Support And Defend The Constitution Against
All Enemies, Foreign And Domestic
~“…to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and authorities reserved to the States and to the people as equally incorporated with and essential to the success of the general system;… to keep within the requisite limits a standing military force, always remembering that an armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of Republics – that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with large ones safe;…”~
– President James Madison, First Inaugural address, Saturday, March 4, 1809.
– President James Madison, First Inaugural address, Saturday, March 4, 1809.
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