There are a number of reasons why the National Guard cannot be the militia, but the one that strikes me is that they are permanently under the DOD. It is permanently provisioned by the DOD....states don’t buy tanks, jets, and missiles. Congress has it in the budget, so it is part of the standing army.
The “militia” would be more like the “draft.” (Incidentally, I support the draft, and think all this foolishness about “individual rights violated by a draft” is so much hogwash. If the situation is so dire that the militia must be called forth, then it’s our free nation or Donnie Draftdodger’s individual rights that’s the choice. I’ll choose a free nation any day.)
THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS ALREADY DEAD
By David Brownlow
July 19, 2005
NewsWithViews.com
Brownlow writes in part:
“Once we allowed our government to arbitrarily define the term “arms” as strictly limited to a few select types of rifles and pistols, we cleared the way for the regulation of gun style, gun size, gun caliber, gun rate of fire, barrel length, magazine capacity, as well as the explosive power of the shells, the type of projectile that can be launched from our “arms,” and on and on. In other words, we gave up any chance of a putting up a real fight against our occupiers when we allowed the occupiers to make up the rules. “
“But that is only half the problem. While we have permission to “keep and bear” what is essentially a 21st Century version of a muzzle loader, our federal and local police forces have been arming themselves to the teeth with the most advanced weapons and technologies our money can buy.”
“Sure, most of us can still hang onto our rifles, shotguns, and depending on where we live, our handguns – which gives the false impression that we have a 2nd Amendment that actually protects our right to keep and bear arms. But, if we are only allowed to keep the guns they tell us we can keep, and if we are only allowed to carry them the way they tell us we can carry them, then, that is not a right, that is not a guarantee - that is a favor.”
“It would be more accurate to call it, “The permission to keep and bear the arms.” (2nd Amendment, Rev. A)”
http://www.newswithviews.com/Brownlow/david43.htm
Food for thought...
I have long felt we should have a national service program where all, male and female alike, serve in the military (not some liberal do-gooder program) two or three years between high school and college. A program like this would help kids grow up and give them some basic job skills.
Generally I'm against government telling us what to do, but this is the exception in my thinking.
1- You are correct about the DOD
2- I was in Vietnam(3 tours) and knew many of the draftees( also many men signed up because of the fear of the draft). The draft should only be used when the country declares War. We now have the best trained and most professional fighting force ever(all volunteers). Lets take your profession, imagine praying because you have been ordered to by your Goverment. When people consent they give of themselves at much higher level.
3- individual rights violated by a draft” is so much hogwash.
Since we are in a time of men and women are “equal”- do we draft women? I think not.
4- In the last years of the Vietnam War the draftees were some of the worst soldiers( not all). Do the research on crimes commented in Vietnam by our own soldiers during the last years.
5- Some of the bravest and greatest men I knew in Nam were Chaplains. I do not think any Chaplain was ever drafted.
6- The one exception I can think of was the Medical Doctors. It was standard procedure to draft all the surgeons and doctors coming out of the medical schools. We had 300,000 wounded. We had more amputees than WW2 and the Korean War together, so they were needed.
7- The left would prevent us from defending ourselves.