In a move that will hopefully be copied nationwide over the next few years, Montana lawmakers are considering forming and training an armed volunteer force of “home guards” certified by the governor and not subject to federal oversight. These home guards would be under the direct authority ofย the countyย sherriffs and theย governor during any state emergency.
According to the Billings Gazette:
Supporters said the bill is not about arming citizens but to provide additional emergency services as some other states do.
A number of states have a state defense force like a “home guard” for responding to emergencies but few states have an armed force like the bill proposes.
As you might expect, the idea of a sovereign state organizing its citizensย to exercise their Second Amendment rightsย has met with considerable shock, outrage and hyperbole from the Left.
Over at ThinkProgress, that bastion of liberal virtue and intellectual honesty, Tanya Somander declares
Thereโs no questioning what Warburton hopes to create… And, as the stateโs Human Right Network notes, thereโs no question who will gravitate to these unregulated groups โ โanti-government extremists.โ
Apparentlyย Somander and ThinkProgressย sugar daddyย George Sorosย can conceive of noย legitimate reason toย create an armed volunteer force independent of federalย control.
Such naivete regarding the long history of government overreach trending towardย oppression is irresponsible at best.
How long will the fake liberals in Americaย preach about freedom while pretendingย not toย see gross federal violations of ourย basic constitutional rights and civil liberties?