Township or County-Recognized Militia
Besides a Township-wide neighborhood
watch program, a township or county-recognized militia is an important
God-given means for establishing and maintaining a constitutional republic.
Some localities are already stepping up to the plate (see https://newspunch.
“…every State shall always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently
armed and accoutered, and shall provide and constantly have ready for use, in
public stores, a due number of field pieces and tents, and a proper quantity of
arms, ammunition and camp equipage...” - Articles of Confederation (original constitution of the USA)
Second Amendment (along with other Bill of Rights) was
added to the new Federal Constitution to seek to preserve the gun and States’
Rights and liberties found in the Articles of Confederation of the Founding
Fathers, reading thus: “A well regulated Militia,
being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to
keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
“Gun-rights advocates often fixate on
the second half of the amendment, claiming that the phrase about a militia is
just something that provides a reasoning for the second phrase. Many opponents
of gun control even suggest that the only phrase here of key importance is
"shall not be infringed." … Looking at the debates surrounding the
Second Amendment and military power at the end of the eighteenth century,
however, we find that the authors of the Second Amendment had a more
sophisticated vision of gun ownership than is often assumed. Fearful
that a large federal military could be used to destroy the freedoms of the
states themselves, Anti-Federalists and other Americans fearful of centralized
power in the US government designed the Second Amendment accordingly. It was
designed to guarantee that the states would be free to raise and train their
own militias as a defense against federal power, and as a means of keeping a
defensive military force available to Americans while remaining outside the
direct control of the federal government…Patrick
Henry mocked the idea that liberties could be preserved by simply
"assembling the people." Without locally controlled, military might,
Henry noted, federal force could destroy the independence of the state
governments. Similarly, George Mason concluded that the "militia ... is
our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it." - https://mises.org/wire/why-we-cant-ignore-militia-clause-second-amendment?fbclid=IwAR3J0KHdbBqZfLsm0egTshtNgbVU74q5jgkt0vNibmdrdVXxSQ0bFsD_b2w
A prototype resolution for a Michigan town or county is here.
May God bless this effort, for without His grace it will fail. See https://usa.life/citizensmilitia and http://www.puritans.net/countywide-neighborhood-watch-and-emergency-assistance-network/ .