BPR: Republican Missouri State Sen. Bill White has introduced a bill that would form an armed Missouri Minutemen volunteer force that could be called up by the governor if he needs them in an emergency.
If signed into law, S.B. 258, which was introduced on Tuesday for discussion in the state senate, would establish “that there shall be the Minutemen of the state which shall be called into service by the governor for use in defense during a state of emergency with consent of two-thirds of the General Assembly.” The move is allegedly meant to curb gun control efforts in Missouri and/or to prepare for an apocalyptic event. more
I often find myself sharing this article – not only because it is a defense of 2A on Daily Kos, but also because it really hits the details of what makes 2A valid:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/07/04/881431/-Why-liberals-should-love-the-Second-Amendment
FTA: (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
Note: the link in the article to the code needs to be updated to https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246
Yeah, put me down for being on that list……..PFFFFSSSTT!..“that there shall be the Minutemen of the state which shall be called into service by the governor for use in defense during a state of emergency
This bill would have to be very narrowly written and carefully worded to prevent it being misused against the gun owners at some point in the future.
Wouldn’t hurt to specify exactly what weapons, calibers, ammunition, and capacities are to be considered legitimate and authorized militia weapons to prevent outlawing of anything the Left finds unacceptable or declaring only certain firearms (such as, say, a 22 short single shot with a 40 inch barrel) to be acceptable for militia to use under its protection.
Then, acceptance of the law by the Federal government agencies will be another challenge that would eventually put it into the USSC for a ruling to either recognize or reject it as being constitutionally legitimate.
I wish them well, and hope it succeeds, but even if it manages to pass and become law I don’t think it has much chance to achieve its intended purpose.
A volunteer force organized by gov’t to fight a tyrannical gov’t?
Sen. Bill White doesn’t quite understand the concept of a militia.
This sounds like something cooked up by the FBI
Pennsylvania’s Lightfoot Militia PRE-dates the United States! 😎