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FirearmsNews.com – Tazewell County Forms Militia in Response to New Virginia Gun Laws – Jim Grant – December 06, 2019

In response to the wave of proposed anti-gun legislation in Virginia, many of its cities and counties have declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries. One county, in particular, took it a step further at their December 3rd County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting.

In addition to passing their Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolution, the county also passed a Militia Resolution. This resolution formalizes the creation, and maintenance of a defacto civilian militia in the county of Tazewell. And to get a better understanding why the council members passed this resolution, Firearms News reached out to one of its members, Thomas Lester. Mr. Lester is a member of the council, as well as a professor of American History and Political Science.

Firearms News: Councilman Lester, what are the reasons behind passing this new resolution, and what does it mean for the people of Tazewell County?

Tom Lester: We understand the implications of this new resolution are potentially enormous, but we also understand the political importance of making the county a Second Amendment Sanctuary.

Declaring our county a Second Amendment Sanctuary is a great first step, however, Virginia is unique because of its constitution. Under Article 1 section 13 of the VA Constitution, VA must maintain a well-regulated militia composed of its people to validate its authority.

This is the political subdivision of legislature from which VA politicians derive authority – an authority expressly stated in the VA constitution.

This subsection makes it the responsibility of counties to maintain a militia, not a National Guard or other standing army.

This is because the purpose of the militia is not just to protect the county from domestic danger, but also protect the county from any sort of tyrannical actions from the Federal government. Our constitution is designed to allow them to use an armed militia as needed. If the (Federal) government takes those arms away, it prevents the county from fulfilling their constitutional duties. But, this is not limited to just our county, but also as part of a network of sister counties showing solidarity for both Virginia’s, and the American Constitution.

As for the people, our Militia Resolution will be funding firearms safety and training for our county’s citizens, the ROTC and the public school systems – as well as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. These preparations are done to prepare our citizens to be able to become de facto militiamen if need be.

Constitution of Virginia

Article I. Bill of Rights
Section 13. Militia; standing armies; military subordinate to civil power

“That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.”

This is incredible news coming from Virginia, and is likely a move that anti-gun lawmakers and politicians did not expect. While the coming days will likely be difficult for defenders of the Second Amendment in Virginia, it’s reassuring to know there are still staunch supporters willing to stand up the tyrannical actions of anti-gunners in the government. Multiple attorneys are on board, as well as a professor of U.S. government and history.

Look for an expanded article, by Mark Chesnut, on the situation in Virginia regarding over 40 gun-sanctuary counties, as well part two of the story Ignoring Core Purpose Makes 2nd Amendment More Vulnerable to Infringements: The Militia Aspect written by David Codrea.

Source: https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/tazewell-county-militia-response-virginia-gun-laws/370026

Of course I have been Blocked from Facebook yet again. Have you and are you surprised? Me neither….

I have stopped keeping track of times I’ve been blocked. It is dozens now. Only two times have been actually against their standards. I have since abide by their community standards to a T to stay unblocked. I have even had dozens of posts now that I sent appeals for be overturned by Facebook and they then reappear and I am then unblocked. I thought for a while that they had figured it out. I was wrong. That time has apparently come to an end. The trolls who they allow to report your posts and get you blocked are running their business completely now. I have just had two pages, one at Montana Politics and PatriosList UNPUBLISHED. In addition to being personally blocked from posting anywhere again for a month! Once enough trolls target you and your pages, you are done at Facebook. Socialist Network Mobs Exploit Their System and They Ignore it!

Back in the good old days when Facebook allowed gun trader groups, many of us referred THOUSANDS of fellow gun owners to facebook. Their membership of firearms freedom lovers exploded! They got us hooked and then stabbed us in the back when they banned them!

But we can’t blame them! It’s other users who get you blocked! It’s not Facebook’s fault, right?

How does their blocking system work and why is it by proxy? Anti-gun and Anti-conservative Socialist Networking Mobs of trolls that they empower to control their content by easily getting us blocked!

Facebook allows groups of people who simply agree to report to get your content, pages and posts blocked by simply reporting them for the same reason.

Share this everywhere you can! I cannot post this because I’m blocked from posting to a follow-ship of over 200,000 that I began building when Facebook was still firearms friendly!

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“The magazine ban had, I would say, almost zero effect,” one sheriff said. In 2013, a Democratically-controlled state legislature passed four comprehensive bills dealing with guns, including the bill sponsored by Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, banning magazines that hold more than 15 bullets. The bill, signed into law by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper, banned the sale, transfer and possession of a large-capacity magazine as of July 1, 2013. Watch the video about how Coloradans overcome it legally and comment below. Read the complete story at 9news.com.