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AJSully421 wrote:

locke_n_load wrote:

Beiruty wrote:For Dems, the "militia" is States' National Guard. They would respond, enlist in the National Guard and then they will force you to lock up all your firearms in the NG armories.

It is a bad plan unless you are living in pro-gun state such as Texas.

Texas has a "State Guard" that is part of the official Texas militia, and can only be controlled by the governor. I think that we could all become honorary members by some form of Texas legislation!

You need to read some more Constitution. According to Article II, Section II, the President is the Commander in Chief of the Standing Military (the Army and the Navy), and The Militia of the several states when called into service of the United States. And who is it who calls up the Militia into Federal service? The President... And what are the Constitutional requirements that have to be met for the President to call up the state militia into federal service? There are none... There are some in Title 10 U.S. Code... but those are pretty easy to meet, or manipulate, depending on how much of a skid mark the president is.

From the Texas State Guard's own website: "Headquartered at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, the TXSG functions as an organized state militia under the authority of Title 32 of the U.S. Code and Chapter 437 of the Texas Government Code."

Clearly, the Texas State Guard cannot be "only controlled by the Governor" per the CONUS.

So, since we all love and adore the Constitution, and we all seek to follow it to the letter.. the Texas State Guard is declared to be THE state militia of Texas, so if we all are declared to be members, and the President calls up our militia into federal service, and as their sole act of that federal service, that militia is told to stand down and deposit their arms into the local National Guard Armory... What are you going to do then?

See the problem with the whole "fight government overreach via a militia" idea. It is not going to work like you think it is going to work.

The only thing that will ever stop our government, or make them think twice is: Come and Take it.

The biggest difference for the Texas State Guard is that the Governor of Texas is always our Commander-In-Chief, and the President of the United States never is.

The Texas State Guard (TXSG) is one of three components of the Texas Military Forces (TMF). The other two are the Texas Army National Guard and Texas Air National Guard. The commander of the TMF is the Texas Adjutant General (TAG), Major General Jose S. Mayorga. The TAG reports to the Commander-In-Chief of the TMF, the Governor of Texas, however, the Texas Army National Guard and Texas Air National Guard are also federal forces (reserve components of the United States Army and United States Air Force, respectively) which can be called up for Federal service and deployment. In that case, the Texas National Guard units report to the President of the United States as their Commander-In-Chief. The biggest difference for the Texas State Guard is that the Governor of Texas is always our Commander-In-Chief, and the President of the United States never is.