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<\/p>\n(Natural News<\/a>) Nothing scares authoritarian-minded Leftists more than the word \u201cmilitia.\u201d It brings to their twisted minds images of banjos and chew spit drool, long beards and camo-printed underwear, smoking hot AR-15s and rustic American flags. The delusional, lawless Left is absolutely convinced that militias are somehow illegal, even when they are specifically named in the Second Amendment, and Leftists apparently have no clue that militias largely consist of\u00a0present or former members of law enforcement or the U.S. military<\/strong>, along with a wide array of law-abiding citizens who share a common desire to defend the republic and preserve the rule of law.<\/p>\n Now, militias are exploding in popularity across America, right alongside 2A sanctuaries (\u201cgun sanctuaries\u201d) which are suddenly skyrocketing in popularity in states way beyond Virginia. Think Oregon, Illinois, New Mexico, Washington and even California, among other states.<\/p>\n This has set the radical Left into a total panic, and they\u2019re desperately trying to pressure liberal lawmakers to find some way to declare militias to be illegal. Democrat-run Virginia is attempting to pass a new law, SB64, that would achieve that goal, criminalizing all self-defense training activities overnight, even\u00a0ensnaring martial arts instructors and concealed carry firearms instructors as felons<\/a>.<\/p>\n What\u2019s especially ironic about all this is that\u00a0it\u2019s the lawless Left that started the whole \u201csanctuary\u201d movement<\/strong>\u00a0which set the precedent of states, counties or municipalities declaring themselves immune from laws they don\u2019t like. Of course, for the radical Left, their sanctuaries were all about protecting illegal aliens and granting them legal immunity, even if they were rapists, murderers or child traffickers. There\u2019s no crime too extreme for a Leftist to ignore when they\u2019re trying to grow their voting base with more illegals, it turns out.<\/p>\n Having established the \u201csanctuary\u201d movement themselves, the Left is now screaming bloody murder at the spontaneous uprisings of \u201cgun sanctuaries\u201d \u2014 counties or cities that declare they will not follow laws which trample the\u00a0Second Amendment rights<\/a>\u00a0of their citizens. According to the hypocritical Left, gun sanctuaries are illegal, but their own illegal immigration sanctuaries must be respected. That\u2019s the Left for you: If they didn\u2019t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.<\/p>\n For example, just yesterday, National File reported that Virginia\u2019s Attorney General has officially declare 2A sanctuary counties and cities in Virginia to be illegal. As\u00a0reported by Frankine Stockes<\/a>:<\/p>\n Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring issued an advisory opinion on the Commonwealth\u2019s ever-growing 2nd Amendment sanctuary movement Friday morning, saying the resolutions passed by over 100 Virginia localities have \u201cno legal effect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n In Virginia, a reported 90+ counties and municipalities have declared pro-2A sanctuary status. As of 12\/19, the tally was 85 counties, 9 cities and 17 towns. The pro-2A map of Virginia looks like this (where green means pro-2A): (source:\u00a0VCDL.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n A similar movement is spontaneously spreading to many other states, increasingly shaping those states into what can only be described as\u00a0Democrat-controlled capital cities surrounded by pro-2A counties populated by real Americans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In almost every state in America, the Democrats are literally surrounded by gun-owning, pro-2A Americans who are sick and tired of being censored, slandered and threatened by authoritarian Democrats. And the uprising against that tyranny looks like the map you see above: An explosion of 2A sanctuary counties.<\/p>\n The movement is spreading like wildfire across America, effectively\u00a0drawing the battle lines of the coming civil war<\/strong>\u00a0which seems on the verge of breaking out at almost any moment.<\/p>\n \u201cAn armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics \u2014 that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with large ones safe\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 James Madison (First Inaugural Address, Saturday, March 4, 1809.)<\/p>\n What\u2019s really causing the deranged, mentally ill Left to panic, however, is the uptick in militia membership nationwide. We\u2019re hearing from multiple sources that militia membership is up everywhere, and new militia organizations are popping into existence in several states.<\/p>\n From Law Enforcement Today<\/a>:<\/p>\n Monday morning, Law Enforcement Today reported on how Tazewell County, Virginia is crafting a militia to defend the Constitution in the state.\u00a0 And within hours, we were flooded with thousands of emails from people across the state \u2013 police officers, veterans, and patriotic Americans \u2013 who said they are joining.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI always thought these militia folks were nuts,\u201d wrote one man to LET.\u00a0 \u201cAs a retired law enforcement officer, I saw them as running against law enforcement.\u00a0 Now I realize that they are often made up of LE and we need to bridge that divide.\u00a0 The nation is turning upside down.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I joined in Oregon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Open discussion boards like Modern Militia Movement (ModernMilitiaMovement.com<\/a>) appear to be experiencing brisk activity, too. The site\u2019s guidelines are clearly stated on its home page:<\/p>\n It is the duty of the citizen\u2019s militia\u2019s to protect and defend the unalienable rights of all members of their communities. Under no circumstances will the Modern Militia Movement, tolerate those who advocate acts of criminal violence, terrorism, or a change\u00a0 from our Republic form of government; nor will it support any specific political party or candidate, nor espouse any particular religious denomination or doctrine. All members must understand the duties and obligation of both citizens and government under the United States Constitution.<\/em><\/p>\n That\u2019s a far cry from what Leftists\u00a0think<\/em>\u00a0militias are all about, of course.<\/p>\n As\u00a0Lone Star Watchmen<\/a>, a Texas militia group, describes itself:<\/p>\n First and foremost we are your average American citizens, we have pride and express it.\u00a0 We are doctors, lawyers, your firemen, and EMT in your local community. We are your citizen soldiers who always ready to serve. We are dads and moms,\u00a0 we are American Citizens.\u00a0 We come together as a group united by our moral beliefs, and our loyalty to our Constitution and Texas. We live by and support what the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights decrees.<\/em><\/p>\n Lone Star Watchmen even specifically spells out what they are\u00a0not<\/em>:<\/p>\n We are not revolutionaries. We are not a hate group. We are not Anti-Goverment. We are, however, in favor of promoting education and resources for the protection against Tyranny and the corruption of Government officials, bad and unconstitutional legislation and\/or policies.<\/em><\/p>\n One county in Virginia \u2014 Tazewell \u2014 has just passed a new ordinance to actually create a militia.\u00a0As LET reports<\/a>, \u201cthe new ordinance calls for concealed weapons training for any resident of the county that can lawfully own a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0III% Security Force group<\/a>\u00a0(also known as the III% Patriot Militia) describes itself as:<\/p>\n \u2026[P]atriotic men and women who will uphold the Constitution, defend themselves and the states we are present in, from all enemies foreign and domestic. We are an active militia. By requesting to join you agree to start the process of becoming an active, trained, and vetted member of III% Security Force. We love our country, our freedom, and our liberty and we will always have the right to defend it. If this sounds like a militia you would be interested in, join us.<\/em><\/p>\n Watch their recruitment video here to get a sense of what the group is all about:<\/p>\n Oath Keepers<\/a>, a national group composed largely of former law enforcement and military veterans who swear to uphold the Constitution and resist domestic enemies, is also experiencing increased interest. I interviewed Stewart Rhodes, the head of Oath Keepers, for a\u00a0Counterthink<\/em>\u00a0episode that aired last year. You can watch the full interview here to get a sense of Rhodes and what his organization stands for:<\/p>\n The militia movement is going mainstream. Pro-2A gun sanctuaries are exploding everywhere, mostly in response to Democrats now seeking the complete evisceration of the Second Amendment and the criminalization of private gun ownership.<\/p>\n Matt Bracken called all this in 2003 \u2014 16 years ago! \u2014 in his fiction book which portrayed almost the exact scenario we\u2019re seeing unfold in Virginia today, complete with looking gun confiscation roadblocks. Read Bracken\u2019s stunningly accurate 2003 description of all this\u00a0at this link from AmericanPartisan.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for additional information about militias:<\/p>\n MyMilitia.com<\/a>\u00a0hosts something called the Militia Emergency Response Channel, along with maps, forums, news and more, covering militia groups nationwide.<\/p>\n The Constitution Society publishes a\u00a0state-by-state directory of militias<\/a>. They even publish\u00a0a guide to starting your own militia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Militia Net<\/a>\u00a0publishes a list of militia groups, state by state.<\/p>\n We are covering gun sanctuaries news at\u00a0GunSanctuaries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Should you join a local militia? That\u2019s up to you, but at the very least, you should\u00a0buy a Ghost Gunner<\/a>, make your own non-serialized AR-15s, and be ready to defend your nation against the demonic, lawless tyranny of the insane Left, which honors no civil liberties whatsoever. (Keep it all legal. The Ghost Gunner is outlawed in New Jersey.) In truth, the radical Left is coming to kill you, and they won\u2019t stop until you\u2019re dead in a ditch. Have no illusions about where this is headed.<\/p>\nThe radical Left started the whole \u201csanctuary\u201d movement\u2026 now they\u2019re watching in terror at what they\u2019ve unleashed<\/h2>\n
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