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Texas Light Foot Militia (statewide) Texas [50] Cube Earth Armed Defense Force Motley, Minnesota [51] Ohio Unorganized Militia Assistance and Advisory Committee Ohio [52] Oklahoma Constitutional Militia Oklahoma [53] Viper Militia: Arizona [54] Washington State Militia Washington [55] [56] West Virginia Mountaineer Militia: Clarksburg, West ...
While members of some such groups believe such militias are approved or endorsed by law, particularly by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, they are in no way public authorities or organized military or National Guard units of the country or their state. They are private citizens, in voluntary association, and self-funded.
American militia movement is a term used by law enforcement and security analysts to refer to a number of private organizations that include paramilitary or similar elements. These groups may refer to themselves as militia, unorganized militia, [1] and constitutional militia. [2]
In colonial era Anglo-American usage, militia service was distinguished from military service in that the latter was normally a commitment for a fixed period of time of at least a year, for a salary, whereas militia was only to meet a threat, or prepare to meet a threat, for periods of time expected to be short. Militia persons were normally ...
Michigan militia members participated in the 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and Oath Keepers militia leaders were convicted for roles in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Militia member Kevin Caldwell, 58, a former business owner from north Texas, spoke next. ... Get some last-minute shopping done at the Kate Spade Outlet sale — up to 70% off plus an extra 25% ...
History of Military Mobilization in the United States Army 1775-1945 (US Army, 1955) online; not copyright because it is a government publication. Laurie, Clayton D. The role of federal military forces in domestic disorders, 1877-1945 (Government Printing Office, 1997). Lee, Wayne E. "Early American Ways of War: A New Reconnaissance, 1600–1815."
Three congressmen wrote in a letter to the ATF that they have "grave concerns" that some law enforcement officers are "exploiting their positions to acquire and illegally distribute firearms."