The Central Texas Corinthian
Addressing the "Well Regulated" part of the equation
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, May 3rd, 2014 at 11:19 AM (14137 Views)
I considered, for some time, where to address this issue. I would have just opened a thread on it, but I expect the usual LEFTIST trolls would try to inject all sorts of flamebait, so I am starting it here.
For a militia to be security to a free state, it must be "well regulated,"
but just what does that mean?
Years ago I learned from someone that in the day the Constitution was written, it meant: properly equipped and trained. This seemed incomplete to me, but was all I had for several years. Recently I found a better explanation.
One of the best and most complete definitions I have found comes from the Constitution dot Org website
For a militia to be those things, and to be able to carry out its mission, it needs "bullets, beans and band-aids."The phrase "well-regulated" was in common use long before 1789, and remained so for a century thereafter. It referred to the property of something being in proper working order. Something that was well-regulated was calibrated correctly, functioning as expected. Establishing government oversight of the people's arms was not only not the intent in using the phrase in the 2nd amendment, it was precisely to render the government powerless to do so that the founders wrote it.
But it also needs training and discipline. The current militias have bullets, some beans, and a few band-aids. What
many of them currently lack is training and discipline.
Not too many years ago, the threats were far away, and the militias were actually more of a threat to themselves and their neighbors than anything else. Mostly just a bunch of good-ol-boys getting together to swap "fish that got away" stories once in a while.
This was written just a year ago, in the political section of USA Carry (gun rights) forum. It should be noted this forum is not like "Soldier of Fortune," but rather, is geared to the common man carrying common firearms.
Next postingThe time is not right. I see this was your 4th post. Resolution of the tyrannical insanity permeating our government must be approached with non violent means, at the moment. If and when the tyrannical, out of control government turns to violence against its own citizens, then citizens will rise and a civil war will be ignited, and there will be nothing civil about it.
Military, LE, and other patriots will join us. Some will not. There are factions of government who are sick of the tyranny as well.
Again, non violent protest by millions of citizens is desired. Force is only a last resort, to save our lives when the monster has decided it's time to exterminate us, to fulfill its Marxist, socialist agenda of complete disarmament of our entire society.
This will not happen, unless the government wishes it so, and if it does, chaos and anarchy will be the order of the day.
The destruction of the United States of America has been done in plain sight. The government has ticked most of the boxes to achieve its goal for the New World Order already. The collapse of the U.S. dollar, or some other staged catastrophic event will light the fuse.
Pray that a war will not happen. The government is already prepared if one does. They've been practicing urban warfare for quite some time, and equipment is and has been moved to those areas that are expected to kindle very quickly.
Beware "Obama's Army" and alphabet soup agencies.
Dangerous times, indeed.
Recently, the meetup for an "exchange of ideas" that occurred in Nevada highlighted the problems with some of the militia. A large portion of the volunteers were grouped into a camp, led by a guy named "Jerry" and so came to be known as "Jerry's Kids."Volunteers would have to be trained which would require a lot of time, equipment and effort. Most civilians would have neither the time for, nor the inclination to participate in such training. It sounds good until one has to sweat a little!
Not flattering, but they earned the name.
The following is a link to an after action review by an "outsider." The author is a long time 2d Amendment advocate, well schooled in the conduct of warfare.
The Cluster Coitus that results from lack of training and discipline
After Action Review From Sipsey Street
The posting is about 5 pages long (I have to hit pgdn 10 times), with the last page being lessons to be learned.
I still think the time is not right (though, with people like Obama and Ried in power, it gets closer), but the more important purposes of a strong and well regulated militia are to deter enemy aggression, rather than fight it in open warfare, and to deal with smaller threats, such as civil uprisings from outlaw gangs.
Should another confrontation with government thugs occur, it is imperative that we be coordinated and disciplined
to counter the fear and uncertainty of the situation, as well as any psy-ops the government throws at us.
The reactions to disinformation in this incident, as well as the related incident from the border patrol, speaks loudly of a high level of fear. Fear is a sign of lack of training and discipline. Those things are the undoing of a team confronted by a potentially lethal encounter with a well trained adversary.
Even in lesser conflicts, it is important to have training and the discipline to maintain orderly conduct while adhering to sane and well thought out rules of engagement.
Because the adherence to rules of engagement are so important in any contingency, I think the meeting in Nevada should be seriously studied to uncover and correct any weakness in the militias.
I am not the only one with this opinion.
One of the comments left on the Sipsey Street blog included this:
" As evidenced, very few of those responding are as "professional" as the Arizona Praetorian Guard
(something which, in my opinion, sorely needs to be addressed by the collective State Commanders,
in additon to inter/intra-state and national SOPs, etc.)."0 Thanks, 0 Likes, 0 Dislikes, 0 LOL, 0 Saddened by, 0 WTF