Posted on 11/04/2018 3:19:43 AM PST by SkyPilot
Michael Vickers, a veterinarian and rancher in Falfurrias, Texas, says he won’t let outside militia onto his property and he doesn’t think such groups will be trusted by most area landowners.
Gun-carrying civilian groups and border vigilantes have heard a call to arms in President Trump’s warnings about threats to American security posed by caravans of Central American migrants moving through Mexico. They’re packing coolers and tents, oiling rifles and tuning up aerial drones, with plans to form caravans of their own and trail American troops to the border.
“We’ll observe and report, and offer aid in any way we can,” said Shannon McGauley, a bail bondsman in the Dallas suburbs who is president of the Texas Minutemen. McGauley said he was preparing to head for the Rio Grande in coming days.
“We’ve proved ourselves before, and we’ll prove ourselves again,” he said.
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McGauley and others have been roused by the president’s call to restore order and defend the country against what Trump has called “an invasion,” as thousands of Central American migrants advance slowly through southern Mexico toward the U.S. border. Trump has insisted that “unknown Middle Easterners,” “very tough fighters,” and large numbers of violent criminals are traveling among the women, children and families heading north on foot.
The Texas Minutemen, according to McGauley, have 100 volunteers en route to the Rio Grande who want to help stop the migrants, with more likely on the way.
“I can’t put a number on it,” McGauley said. “My phone’s been ringing nonstop for the last seven days. You got other militias, and husbands and wives, people coming from Oregon, Indiana. We’ve even got two from Canada.”
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Lol.
The Washington Post and liberals are freaking out. Citizens with guns! Oh my!
The veterinarian looks like Wilford Brimley.
“The veterinarian looks like Wilford Brimley.”
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Indeed, he does.
Falfurrias, Texas. 75 miles north of the U.S. Mexican border.
In America, everyone should carry firearms to protect our freedom and way of life. No one forms caravans to Russia or China.
The people in Russia and China don’t have Second Amendment rights either. But that’s not why people don’t go there.
Neighborhood Watch.
I knew that also, find any other country worldwide that anyone desires to sneek into. That is the point.
Our “law” makers should be tarred & feathered for allowing this to happen. Change the law that allows this nonsense, enforce the law & support our President.
The military is sufficient. This opens up to a possible mishap by one or a few in the militia to a confrontation. The militia’s are not disciplined and trained like the military and some would be working off of emotion rather than a sound mind
Got that right, Brother in arms. I carry, I’m 70 and female. Hubby’s eyesight is to bad from Retinal Atrophy and Glaucoma so he relies on the 12 gauge. He like you is Ret. Navy.
This guy is a idiot, Militia groups are well trained and disciplined. It’s the rogue ones that form after a disaster that are scary bad and lawless.
Yeah, they are all scared and harmless until they are not. Funny how the article is so quick to point out this is a Republican. Also funny how this person assumes the best of the illegals, but in the next breath assumes the worst about the militia saying they may shoot somebody. Time to pull your head out of your ass cupcake.
That was my first thought too.
Now the bastards will get a peek at whats in store for them if they keep pushing honest everyday Americans.
This is not the first time a group of such has gone to the border.
The last time, the illegal activity went to zero when a militia group stationed on the border.
Then they come north to rape, rob, and murder. Thanks for nothing, jerk.
“U.S. militia groups”
Maybe the Post is concerned that the militias be “well regulated”. There’s a 2nd Amendment remedy already written for that.
All things considered, these people should stay home. This is unnecessary complication and mess that will get blamed on conservatives, gun owners, and Republicans. No, please stay home.
Yep, this could also provide an opportunity for an agent provocateur to set up the spike for one hell of a mishap.
Minute Men are,
Old,
with Bolt Action rifles and
cheap FRS radios
Sitting on a Hill with
Binoculars.
.
A lonely Neighborhood watch program.
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