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State Militia

badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
How many of you here are in your state's militia?
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
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    what does your state laws say about the militia?
    191.05 GOVERNOR MAY CALL MILITIA.
    Whenever the governor deems it necessary for any purpose authorized by the state Constitution or by law, may by public proclamation call out the militia or such part or number thereof as the governor may designate for military duty in the service of the state, and may provide for the enrollment, assembly, and muster into service by voluntary enlistment or by draft, as the governor may determine, of the militia so called out. For that purpose the governor may make orders and rules and enforce the same, appoint all necessary officers and fix their compensation, and may require all proper public officers to perform such duties as the governor may direct.
    191.06 ENLISTMENT.
    Subdivision 1.Period.Militia members called out for duty shall be mustered at once into the service of the state for such period as the governor shall direct, not exceeding the duration of the war or other occasion for which they were called out and for six months thereafter.

    Subd. 2.National Guard laws and regulations apply.Except as otherwise expressly provided, all the military forces shall be organized as prescribed for organization of the National Guard at the time, and shall be officered, equipped, trained, and commanded according to the laws and regulations governing the National Guard, as nearly as practicable, and all laws relating to the National Guard or to the duties, rights, privileges, or immunities of the members thereof shall apply to and govern the other military forces and the members thereof, so far as applicable; provided, that the age limits for initial appointment of officers in the federally recognized National Guard shall not apply to officers of the other military forces.

    Subd. 3.Pay and allowances.Except as otherwise expressly provided, the pay and allowances of the officers and enlisted personnel of all branches of the military forces on active duty in the service of the state shall be the same as provided for the National Guard when on such duty.

    Subd. 4.May receive supplies and grants from federal government.The governor may receive from the federal government any arms, equipment, munitions, supplies, and other grants for the use of the military forces of the state that may be available.

    Subd. 5.Uniform.The military forces shall be uniformed in such manner as the governor may prescribe, subject to federal laws or regulations.

    Subd. 6.Governor may organize forces.Without limiting any power otherwise conferred on the governor, whenever any part of the National Guard of this state has been or is about to be called or ordered into active federal service, and until such service or the occasion therefor has terminated and all units of the National Guard engaged therein have been relieved therefrom and have returned and become available for duty within the state, the governor may organize from the militia and maintain within the state such forces as the governor deems necessary
    191.07 DESERTER.
    Every militia member who, being accepted as a volunteer or duly drafted, fails without reasonable excuse to report for muster as lawfully required shall be considered and treated as a deserter.
    191.08 CONSTRUCTION OF LAWS 1943, CHAPTER 108.
    Nothing in Laws 1943, chapter 108, shall be construed as authorizing the military forces of the state or any part thereof to be called, ordered, or in any manner inducted as such into the military service of the United States, except the National Guard and other forces expressly made subject to such service by state or federal law; but no person shall by reason of enlistment or commission in the military forces of the state be thereby exempted from military service under any law of the United States.

    this is straight from the Minnesota state statutes
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Any one between 17 and 45.
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That refers to the unorganized militia. ALL citizens whether you know it or not
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,233 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Any one between 17 and 45.
    Guess I ain't in no more then, but I still consider myself so.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    ``I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.''
    ``To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.''

    - George Mason
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MT357
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Any one between 17 and 45.
    Guess I ain't in no more then, but I still consider myself so.


    I'm a few years past it myself but, I can still hang![:D]
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Every state has a military dept.comprised of the State National Guard, plus a state defense force. The state defense forces might be called the state military reserve, state guard,etc. Unlike the National Guard, they have no federal role. Goggle for your state, see what you come up with, and what it's called in your state.
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Also google: SGAUS (State Guard Association of the United States)
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    guntech59, this is your chance to hang again. See what is organized in your state.
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  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    logo_new.jpg

    www.tsra.com
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's not your state's militia.
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Texas State Guard (TXSG) is one of three branches of the Texas Military Forces (TXMF), reporting to The Texas Adjutant General located at Texas Military Forces HQ, Camp Mabry (Austin), Texas. The Commander in Chief of the Texas Military Forces is the Governor of Texas. The other two branches are the Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) and the Texas Air National Guard (TXANG).
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mission

    At the direction of the Adjutant General, develop and maintain organized resourced elements of the South Carolina Military Department to support administratively, logistically, and environmentally, all military operations as required. At the direction of the Governor, through SC EPD, SAD, and the SC State Guard, deliver a fully capable level of preparedness and response to protect the lives and property of the people of South Carolina during times of emergency.
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  • Stylishxone767Stylishxone767 Member Posts: 513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you are referring to the national guard, they are not the militia. They are part of the military and can be activated by the president at his will to fight in other countries.
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    To my way of thinking, being a signed, sworn member of one's State Militia is just another list for the anti's to use when firearms are eventually gathered for disarmament.
    Or maybe they use the list for more Brady Campaign junk mail.
    At any rate, I believe that NMs Militia is a loosely-wrapped melange of mismatched priorities with an official-sounding club name.
    We never saw any of them furthering an agenda at the Roundhouse.
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The NY State Gaurd (militia...not NATIONAL GAURD) comes under the control of the Governor.
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    State Defense Forces (also known as State Guards, State Military Reserves, or State Militias) in the United States are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government, although they are regulated by the National Guard Bureau (specifically the Army National Guard).[1] State Defense Forces are authorized by state and federal law and are under the command of the governor, as State Defense Forces are distinct from the National Guard in that they are not federal entities (all National Guard units were federalized under the National Defense Act of 1933 (National Guard Mobilization Act) with the creation of the National Guard of the United States). The federal government recognizes State Defense Forces under 32 U.S.C. A? 109 which provides that State Defense Forces "may not be called, ordered, or drafted into the armed forces" (of the United States), thus preserving their separation from the National Guard.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MT357
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Any one between 17 and 45.
    Guess I ain't in no more then, but I still consider myself so.


    You have become a official member of the unorganized OMMA (Old Man's Militia of America).

    Trust me, I am in it too.[;)]
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will be no good for charging that ridge with Pickett and the boys, I have a bad leg and am too old.
    But I can hide in the bushes and shoot a few Yankees.
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  • walliewallie Member Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [img]HTTP://USERA.IMAGECAVE.COM/SOOOWHAT/MILITIA8.JPG[/img]
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    I am.

    www.indianamilitia.org
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Although every state has laws authorizing State Defense Forces, approximately twenty-five states, in addition to Puerto Rico, currently have active State Defense Forces, each with different levels of activity, state support, and strength. Most SDFs are organized as Army units, but Air Force and Maritime units (distinct from naval militias) also exist.
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Freemind, that is not the state's militia
    www.indianamilitia.org
    this is:
    www.mdisdf.org
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry freeland, same link, you are indeed in the organized militia. I also salute you.
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  • badlandsbutchbadlandsbutch Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My mistake, Freemind.
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  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by badlandsbutch
    That's not your state's militia.


    I dare you to go to the meeting and say that[:p]
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    It is not a "Militia" if run by the goverment. They have the title in some states but are just a guard run by the state. They want to make true militias of the people out to be fanatics, so they can outlaw them and take away their rights. WA state has a guard, but again it is run by a goverment not the people.
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