The M- Word

The concept of a militia is part of American history, but modern groups are taking on a new roles in the midst of overarching social unrest. https://t.co/IJZY9CpO61

— SOFREP (@sofrepofficial) October 16, 2020

The Second Amendment

"We live in a time when Americans are told by self-appointed “wise overlords” that the founders never intended for private citizens to have military weapons. Incidentally, they never cite anyplace that the founders made this assertion” @TJMartinellhttps://t.co/YAuF9frjTw

— TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) August 22, 2020

What Is Needed for the Development of Republican Virtue

A decent essay on what is actually required for republican virtue -- and in a system that doesn't allow for the full development of all 4 aspects is something that must be worked around. Find your tribe.

Imaginative Conservative: A Jeffersonian Model of Citizenship by Ralph Ketcham

Roman Republicanism

In Praise of Rome’s Citizen Soldiers by William S. Smith
They fought for home and family, as opposed to professional mercenaries only in it for the emperor's spoils.

The Backbone of a Polity

And the rationale for the necessity of the Second Amendment.

The US Code

on militia

Light Infantryman?

You Are Not a Light Infantryman?

SUT

Mountain Guerilla and Max Velocity Tactical have made similar comments about what comprises advanced skills and the necessity of drilling in small unit tactics. I believe both authors are ex-SF operators, both Ranger-tabbed? If so, that may explain why they are concerned with SUT. Is it the case that certain ex-military instructors (especially from counter-terrorist units) are too concerned with weapons manipulation (shooting, shooting from different positions, and shooting with a mix of physical exercises in between, etc.) and not realistic combat drills for people learning to work in groups?

Will we see a new trend of ex-military who had completed Ranger school or been in a Ranger bat offering classes in SUT as a way to distinguish themselves from other instructors? There is a need for such instruction, especially for civilians seeking to prepare themselves for the duty of serving in [informal] militia groups, which the Founding Fathers understood as being incumbent upon all [male] citizens.

Why wouldn't a man want to read through the Ranger handbook and pick up some more skills in addition to the skills he learned in scouting as a boy, either from a scout troop or from family?

State Militias (Not the National Guard)

Decentralize the Military: Why We Need Independent Militias by Ryan McMaken

Bruce Frohnen on the Second Amendment

Nomocracy in Politics: “The Militia and the Right to Bear Arms,” By Bruce Frohnen

Published Yesterday, Before the Attacks in Paris

Logic of a Modern Militia
How do you stop lone-wolf terror? With every man available.
By William S. Lind • November 12, 2015

Before you can lay down your lives for a community there must be a community. Hence, Vox asks, where are the American nationalists?

Wishful Futurism

The rise of [mega-]city-states: The End of the Nation-State? by Parag Khanna

Related:
Energy, Ecology, & Economics — Part II by Mary Logan (Resilience)
Oath Keepers: Bring On the Collapse!
True Natural Aristocracy

The Republic and Modern Ethics: Disorder in the Soul by John V. Gerardi

The Gun Control Debate with Peter Hitchens

He links to it:


See also Morality is Central to Political Economy.

Vox has some criticisms of Mr. Hitchens in relation to his recent post on mass immigration. (Vox will start a series on his national libertarianism.)

That Gun Control Debate with Peter Hitchens

Via Peter Hitchens:



The debatecommences in 38 minutes.

NPR: What's Worked, And What Hasn't, In Gun-Loving Switzerland by SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON

There's a short soundbite with Stephen Halbrook.

Dan Baum on Guns

His book, Gun Guys: A Road Trip


WSJ


Inside America’s Gun Culture
What Liberals Need to Understand About 'Gun Guys'

Mother Jones

Related:
The Price of Gun Control

Brian Douglass on the Right to Self-Defense

The Question of a Right to Self-Defense

What Sort of Armed Citizenry

Mark Mitchell complains: NRA Proposes More Policemen: "In short, we need a police state to protect our right to own all the guns we want? "

Paleolibertarians have their own complaints about increasing the size of the police (and by extension, the government), instead of allowing citizens and institutions to protect themselves.


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Text of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Speech

This is also the solution put forth by Paul Howe. Meanwhile, there are those like Dave Grossman who advocate teachers and administrators being trained to defend themselves and their students and carrying concealed on campus. Some even offer this sort of training for free. One example had his comments posted over at Free the Animal. Other local gun owner associations and tactical instructors offer this service, either at reduced rates or for free as well.

Many will protest having armed teachers at the school - the only "sensible" thing to prevent school massacres is stricter gun control. So what can the NRA say, other than having someone else to defend schools? The NRA, if it is to be faithful to its mission and its understanding of the Second Amendment, will not acquiesce to the demands of those who fear guns or suffer from the "logical fallacy of misleading vividness."

My preferred solution would be to rid ourselves of public mass education. Deprive those with mental issues of a target. But how many would accept that?

Those Catholics (former Democrats?), CST advocates, dwelling at various websites and online discussion groups push for stricter gun control laws. Some are ignorant of our current legislation; others don't see the need for citizens to own semi-automatic rifles or magazines with a capacity higher than 3, 5, or 10. Many, like certain traditionalist Catholics, either dismiss the Constitution or think the Second Amendment is no longer relevant. It is laughable then when they claim we live in a republican system of some sort, when they are ignorant of what makes a republican system possible in the first place - an armed citizenry.


Related:
The Secret History of Guns
(The article of course claims that the text of the Second Amendment is "ambiguous" - failing to take into account the proper interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. The author probably wouldn't bother to read Stephen Halbrook.)

The Unorganized Militia: 10 USC § 311 - Militia: composition and classes

Thanks to the Federal Government...

Concealed carry: Court strikes down Illinois' ban (includes video)

Stephen Halbrook, Illinois Supreme Court Argument - Wilson v. Cook Co. AW Ban
Moore v. Madigan, key points
The Seventh Circuit Keeps “Bear” in 2nd Amendment

So, will this give support to those opposing the California ban on open carry?

D.C.: More Legal Guns, Far Fewer Murders, Despite Post-Heller Fearmongering

Related:
Swiss Guns
Stephen Halbrook, The Swiss Confederation in the Eyes of America's Founders

The Militia and the Constitution

Someone on FB posted this essay by by William S. Fields and David T. Hardy in conjunction with this piece by Lew Rockwell: Machiavelli and State Power. What is the remedy against a tyrant?