For years patriots have joined forces in paramilitary training to prepare; the question is for what are they prepairing and training for?
An Inside look at the life of a militiaman.
M
ilitia!
To some a word synonimous with freedom, the last line of deffence, to others paranoid guys playing soldiers in the woods. whatever your view on the Militia may be here are a few facts about the modern Militia.
The first thirteen words of the Second Amendment of thr US. Constitution states That "A well regulated Militia being necesary for the security of a free state; therefore giving us a constitutional right to form and train as a militia. The second part says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infinged. A whole different Article. Not saying that we wont touch that topic but lets disect the second amendment.
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of individual Americans to keep and bear arms regardless of service in a militia. The right is not unlimited and does not prohibit all regulation of firearms and similar devices.[1] State and local governments are limited to the same extent as the federal government from infringing this right. The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, as part of the first ten amendments comprising the Bill of Rights.
The Second Amendment was based partially on the right to keep and bear arms in English common-law and was influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689. Sir William Blackstone described this right as an auxiliary right, supporting the natural rights of self-defense, resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state.[2]
In United States v. Cruikshank (1876), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that, "The right to bear arms is not granted by the Constitution; neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence" and limited the applicability of the Second Amendment to the federal government.[3] In United States v. Miller (1939), the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government and the states could limit any weapon types not having a “reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia”.[4][5]
In the twenty-first century, the amendment has been subjected to renewed academic inquiry and judicial interest.[5] In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision, expressly holding that the amendment protects an individual right to possess and carry firearms.[6][7] In McDonald v. Chicago (2010), the Court clarified its earlier decisions limiting the amendment's impact to a restriction on the federal government, expressly holding that the Fourteenth Amendment applies the Second Amendment to state and local governments to the same extent that the Second Amendment applies to the federal government.[8] Despite these decisions, the debate between the gun control and gun rights movements and related organizations continues.[9]
2 American Patriot/January, 2014
Patriots taking time of their weekend on a sunny day to train.