This is the “well regulated militia” in its true form, forget the blather afoot from francs-tireurs claiming it is a military function.
The MASSIVE power of local government to dwarf and successfully oppose tyrannical national government.
This is what broke the power of the Redcoats and sent them scurrying for safety - provisional magistrates summoning and leading vast numbers of armed citizenry.
If you want to lawfully resist tyranny this is the way to go.
OK one more time.
There has been a lot of bs about the militia being a citizen army.
The militia is citizen law enforcement.
There is no constitutional right to form private armies for personal defense as personal defense is defined by the Castle Doctrine as an individual right.
What is being described as “militia” by cranks is in fact what is known as “francs-tireurs” or guerrillas.
One of the requirements for lawful military forces is that the force be under command of a recognized governmental official.
This confers “pow” status on any taken prisoner as a result of combat action - without this protection the combatant is a guerrilla and has no status as a prisoner, and like pirates or insurrectionists can be subject to summary execution.
The ONLY constitutionally recognized militia function is that which took place during the American Revolution, in which provisional or recognized magistrate summons and directs armed citizens in order to enforce standing law.
The forces called out at Lexington Green and Concord were summoned by the provisional government which would be known as the Continental Congress.
The fact that the Congress WON and was later recognized by foreign governments is what made the actions of these provisional magistrates LEGAL.
Had they lost they would have been executed with or without trial.
Today that legal process is what is presented in the OP - a local sheriff exercising the right to deputize citizens as armed LEOs to prevent the enforcement of what may be an unconstitutional law or action by a government.
If you are deputized you enjoy the lawful protection denied to pirates, francs-tireur, guerrillas and bandits. These have no legal status and may be suppressed by deadly force, as long as you are under the orders of a magistrate however any who deny you pow status can be charged with a WAR CRIME.
Here is an example of a recognized magistrate (county sheriff) declaring that a federal law WILL NOT be enforced - either by local LEOs or by federal LEOs who are prevented from enforcement by local LEOs.
Make that local LEOs who are in fact deputized citizens - a magistrate has called up and deputized 10,000 armed citizens, and this force prevents enforcement of a questionable law by a force of 100 armed federal agents.
10,000 vs 100 usually results in a negotiated settlement in favor of the larger force.
Consider now a sheriff calls up 30,000 armed citizens - and the state national guard only totals 9,000....
A group of sheriffs in concert call up a total of 100,000 armed citizens from their respective counties - how many federal troops can the fed send in to oppose them?
A large scale (national) callup could conceiveably yield 10 million deputized armed civilians in one area of the country - more than the entire federal military.
This is the ONLY way you can lawfully resist fed tyranny with armed force.
You need to know:
1. your governors’ stance on resistance
2. your local sheriffs’ stance - oppose or support?
These are things you have to find out - then lay groundwork for activating a callup.
Keep in mind that this is the ONLY LEGAL MEANS.
Forget private militia BOLLSHEEYIT.