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by ELB
Sat Dec 14, 2019 6:58 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: VA: Tazewell County Forms Militia in Response to New Virginia Gun Laws
Replies: 51
Views: 18919

Re: VA: Tazewell County Forms Militia in Response to New Virginia Gun Laws

casingpoint wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:26 pm Donald Trump with the National Guard at his disposal and Attorney General and Top Cop William Barr loose and running wild?
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I have no idea what that means but the “National Guard” is always at the president’s “disposal”, providing he wants to issue the activation order..and pay for the call up.

The National Guard is organized as a federal military reserve force, part of the militia of the United States (not the individual state) but is organized at the state level. The feds pay for the equipment and expendables, And for quite a bit of the training. The state governor can use the guard and equipment for certain activities, but The state hast to pay the feds back for anything lost or expended. And the president’s authority trumps (heh) the governor’s If there’s a disagreement.

Texas has a State Guard That is completely state funded and independent of the National Guard; I don’t know if Virginia has the same, but I’ll bet they would be even less inclined to interfere with second amendment sanctuaries.
by ELB
Thu Dec 12, 2019 3:13 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: VA: Tazewell County Forms Militia in Response to New Virginia Gun Laws
Replies: 51
Views: 18919

Re: VA: Tazewell County Forms Militia in Response to New Virginia Gun Laws

“And ultimately, I'm not the governor, but the governor may have to nationalize the National Guard to enforce the law,”
"Nationalizing" the Guard would put them under the President's control, not the Governor's. Trump might have the stones to do this if the Governor gets froggy.
by ELB
Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:00 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: VA: Tazewell County Forms Militia in Response to New Virginia Gun Laws
Replies: 51
Views: 18919

Re: VA: Tazewell County Forms Militia in Response to New Virginia Gun Laws

...and maintenance of a defacto civilian militia in the county of Tazewell.

"de facto militia?" If the county "formalized the creation and maintenance" of a militia doesn't that make it a de jure militia?

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