The End The End The End The End The End The End The End The End The End The End The End The End The End The Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint all general officers, whose terms of office shall be four years. The Governor, the generals, and regimental and battalion commanders shall appoint their own staffs as may be provided by law. Section 277. The End The End Illinois has a militia has a militia, Illinois has a militia, Illinois has a militia, Illinois has a militia definition. and needs of all away from a law. shall have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state. Article 12, Section 2, the governor's commander-in-chief of the militia and other military forces of this state. No militia definition. State of Iowa, Article 6, Section 1. The militia of this state shall be composed of all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45 years, except such as are or may hereafter be exempt by the laws of the United States or of this state, and shall be armed, equipped, and trained as the General Assembly may provide by law. State of Kansas, Bill of Rights, Section 4. The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security, but standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty and shall not be tolerated, and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power. Article 8, Section 1. The militia shall be composed of all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 21 and 45 years, except such as are exempted by the laws of the United States or of this state, but all citizens of any religious denomination whatever who from scruples of conscience may be averse to bearing arms shall be exempted therefrom upon such conditions as may be prescribed by law. Article 8, Section 2. The legislature shall provide for organizing, equipping, and disciplining the militia. Kentucky, Bill of Rights, Section 1, Paragraph 7. All men are by nature free and equal and have certain inherent and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the state, subject to the power of the General Assembly to enact laws to prevent persons from carrying concealed weapons. The militia, Section 219. The militia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall consist of all able-bodied male residents of the state between the ages of 18 and 45 years, except such persons as may be exempted by the laws of the state or of the United States. Section 220. The General Assembly shall provide for maintaining an organized militia. Louisiana. Louisiana has no militia definition in their Constitution, but this is what they do have. They have Article 1, Section 11. The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged, but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on the person. That takes care of Louisiana. Let's move on to Maine, which does have a militia definition. Article 1, Section 16. Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms, and this right shall never be questioned. Hmm, I like that. Article 7, Section 5. Persons of the denominations of Quakers and Shakers, justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, ministers of the gospel, or persons exempted by the laws of the United States may be exempted from military duty. But no other able-bodied person of the age of 18 and under the age of 45 years, excepting officers of the militia who have been honorably discharged, shall be so exempted. Article 7, Section 2. The legislature shall, by law, designate the qualifications necessary for holding a commission in the militia, and shall prescribe the mode of selection of officers for the several grades. Declaration of Rights, Article 28, that a well- Oh, Maryland. Huh. I missed it. I guess that was the definition in Maine, wasn't it? Mm-hmm. Well, we're- It wasn't very specific. We're in Maryland now. Yeah. Huh. Interesting. How many are we? That just kind of flew past me. Uh, no other able-bodied person of the age of 18 and under the age of 45 years, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Right. So if you're over 18 and under 45 in the state of Maine, and you're not a shaker, a Quaker, a justice of the Supreme Court, a justice of the Supreme Court, a justice of the gospel, or have been honorably discharged, then you're militia. Okay. Well, they sort of defined it in a roundabout way then, definitely. Well, okay. Maryland. That's interesting. That's something for you people to read and understand. Maryland. I have it here. It says no militia definition. But it does have this. Declaration of Rights. Article 28. That a well-regulated militia is the proper and natural defense of a free government. Article 2. Section 8. The governor shall be the commander-in-chief of the land and naval forces of the state, and may call out the militia to repel invasions, suppress insurrections, and enforce the execution of the laws, but shall not take the command in person without the consent of the legislature. Article 9. Section 1. The General Assembly shall make from time to time such provisions for organizing, equipping, and disciplining the militia as the exigency may require, and pass such laws to promote volunteer militia organizations as may afford them effectual encouragement. Excellent. Part 1. Massachusetts. Part 1. Declaration of Rights. Section 17. The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defense, and as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature, and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority to be governed by it. Article 7 and 10, which deal with militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, were annulled. For further information, you need to see the amendments and Article 54 of your state constitution. And now we're going to take a break, folks. Don't go away, because we'll be right back. Radio, Mr. Mike Davins, call to Mr. Larry Boz. Do you want 661-971-3428-4955, 661-8810, or 479-224, operator? 661-8810. That expense is 495-368-412, or 812. 812. Yes. Operator? Yes. 812? Right. That'd be 812-661-8810, area code 513, is that correct? Right. Just call coming from area code 615? Yes, I do. That would be Nashville, Tennessee, is that right? Right. 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The militia shall be organized, equipped, and disciplined as provided by law. There's those key words again. As provided by law, that means you've got to go read your statutes. Minnesota is even more succinct. Minnesota, Article 13, Section 9, only says, The legislature shall pass laws necessary for the organization, discipline, and service of the militia of the state. Period. That's it. You're going to have to go to the law library, folks. State of Mississippi. Article 3, Section 12. The right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, or property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question. But the legislature may regulate or forbid carrying concealed weapons. Article 9, Section 214. All able-bodied male citizens of the state between the ages of 18 and 45 years shall be liable to military duty in the militia of this state in such manner as the legislature may provide. Section 215. The legislature shall provide for the organizing, arming, equipping, and discipline of the militia and for paying the same when called into active service. Many of your state statutes and state constitutions contain provisions which deal with carrying concealed firearms and concealed weapons. You need to understand the difference between a concealed firearm and a concealed weapon because many of the state constitutions have been amended to provide for forbidding carrying concealed weapons. And there you go. You guys need to look it up yourselves. Missouri. No militia definition. But Article 1, Section 23. The right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, and property or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power shall not be questioned. But this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons. Article 3, Section 46. The General Assembly shall provide for the organization, equipment, regulations, and functions of an adequate militia and shall conform the same as nearly as practicable to the regulations for the government of the armed forces of the United States. Montana. No militia definition. But they have Article 2, Section 12. The right of any person to keep or bear arms in defense of his own home, person, and property or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned shall not be called in question. But nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. Article 2, Section 33. No armed person or persons or armed body of man shall be brought into this state for the preservation of the peace or the suppression of domestic violence except upon the application of the legislature or of the governor when the legislature cannot be convened. Something else just occurred to me. I remembered when it talks about carrying concealed weapons. They're not talking about firearms. Concealed weapons were forbidden to be carried as early as the 1900s, but they were talking about knives, especially the Bowie knife, which was considered especially lethal and dangerous. So when they talk about concealed weapons, get your minds off of guns, folks. It says concealed weapons. Nebraska. No militia definition. Article 1, Section 1. All persons are by nature free and independent and have certain inherent and inalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and then the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home, and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes. And such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof. Article 14, Section 1. The legislature may provide, may provide, for the personnel, organization, and discipline of the militia of the state. Nevada. No militia definition. But they have Article 1, Section 11, Paragraph 1. Every citizen has the right to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for other lawful purposes. Article 12, Section 1. The legislature shall provide. Go look it up in your statutes, folks, because that's where it's found. Nevada. The legislature shall provide, by law, for organizing and disciplining the militia of this state, for the effectual encouragement of Volunteer Corps and the safekeeping of the public arms. New Hampshire. No militia definition, but. Part 1. Bill of Rights. Article 2a. All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property, and the state. Part 1. Bill of Rights. Article 10. Right of Revolution. Government. Being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the whole community, and not for the private interests or emoluments of any one man, family, or class of men. Therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right, ought to perform the old, reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. Part 1. Article 24. A well-regulated militia is the proper, natural, and sure defense of the state. State of New Jersey. Article 1. Section 1. All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain natural and inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. Article 5. Section 3. Paragraph 1. Provision for organizing, inducting, training, arming, disciplining, and regulating a militia shall be made by law. We shall conform to applicable standards established for the armed forces of the United States. New Mexico. Article 2. Section 6. No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for other lawful purposes. But nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. No municipality or county shall regulate in any way an incident of the rights to keep and bear arms. Hmm. Article 18. Section 1. Here's the definition. The militia of this state, we're talking New Mexico, shall consist of all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45, except such as are exempt by the laws of the United States or of this state. New York. Article 12. Section 1. The defense and protection of the state and of the United States is an obligation of all persons within the state. The legislature shall provide for the discharge of this obligation and for the maintenance and regulation of an organized militia. North Carolina. Article 1. Section 30. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and, as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they shall not be maintained, and the military shall be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power. Nothing herein shall justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons or prevent the General Assembly from enacting penal statutes against that practice. No militia definition. North Dakota. Article 1. Section 1. All individuals are, by nature, equally free and independent and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness, and to keep and bear arms for the defense of their person, family, property, and the state, and for lawful hunting, recreation, and other lawful purposes, which shall not be infringed. Do you hear the NRA in there somewhere, all this lawful hunting? Article 11. Section 16. The militia of this state shall consist of all able-bodied male persons residing in the state, North Dakota, between the ages of 18 and 45 years, except such as may be exempted by the laws of the United States or of this state, persons whose religious tenets or conscientious scruples forbid them to bear arms shall not be compelled to do so in times of peace, but shall pay an equivalent for a personal service. Article 11. Section 18. The legislative assembly shall provide by law for the establishment of volunteer organizations of several arms of the service, which shall be classed as active militia, and no other organized body of armed men shall be permitted to perform military duty in this state except the Army of the United States, without the proclamation of the governor of the state. And that does appear to be somewhat in conflict with Section 16, so you'd better check your statutes, North Dakota. Here's the state of Ohio. Article 1. Section 4. The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security, but standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty and shall not be kept up, and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power. Article 9. Section 1. All citizens, residents of this state, being 17 years of age and under the age of 67 years, shall be subject to enrollment in the militia and the performance of military duty in such manner not incompatible with the Constitution and laws of the United States as may be prescribed by law. Article 9. Section 5. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the protection and safekeeping of the public arms. Section 6. 67 years. Well, that means your grandpa's in the militia, doesn't it? Well, that's what Ohio has to say about it. Something else, too, folks. Almost, well, I won't say almost all. Many, many, many of the state constitutions have provisions forbidding a standing army. It's forbidden. And now this concept goes way, way back to the Revolution where standing armies set up by the king were common practice. They just were standing. They just lived there. They lived in your town. They lived all over the place. In fact, Boston was under a state of siege because they had a huge standing army of British that were there. Now, standing armies were a concept which our founding fathers refused to allow to continue. So, go back. Look that up. Read about it. Find out about it. Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain, and it does, has no militia definition, so you have to look it up in the statutes. I think it's Article 44. Anyway, the state constitution, Article 2, Section 26, the right of a citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, or property, or in the aid of the civil power, when thereunto legally summoned, shall never be prohibited. But, and that's a big but, nothing herein shall contain, shall prevent the legislature from regulating the carrying of weapons. Article 5, Section 40, The legislature shall provide for organizing, disciplining, arming, maintaining, and equipping the militia of the state. Oregon. No militia definition, but they have. Article 1, Section 27, The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and of the state. But, and that's a good but, the military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power. Article 10, Section 1, The legislative assembly shall provide by law for the organization, maintenance, and discipline of a state militia for the purpose, for the defense and protection of the state. Pennsylvania. Article 1, Section 21, The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned. Article 3, Section 16, The citizens of this commonwealth shall be armed, organized, and disciplined for its defense when and in such manner as may be directed by law. There's your militia definition. Rhode Island has no militia definition. All it has is Article 1, Section 22, The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. South Carolina. Article 1, Section 20, A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. As in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty. They shall not be maintained without the consent of the General Assembly. Article 13, Section 1, The militia of this state shall consist of all able-bodied male citizens of the state. Between the ages of 18 and 45 years, except such persons as are now or may be exempted by the laws of the United States or of this state, or who from religious scruples may be adverse to bearing arms, and shall be organized, officers, armed, equipped, and disciplined, as the General Assembly may by law direct. South Dakota. Article 6, Section 24, The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be denied. Article 15, Section 1, The militia of the state of South Dakota shall consist of all able-bodied male persons residing in the state between the ages of 18 and 45 years, except such persons as now are or hereafter may be exempted by the laws of the United States or of this state. Article 15, Section 2, The legislature shall provide by law for the enrollment, uniforming, equipment, and discipline of the militia, and the establishment of volunteer and such other organizations or both, as may be deemed necessary for the protection of this state, the preservation of order, and the efficiency and good of the service. State of Tennessee, Article 1, Section 24, The sure and certain defense of a free people is a well-regulated militia, and if standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to freedom, they ought to be avoided as far as the circumstances and safety of the community will admit, and that in all cases the military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil authority. Article 8, Section 1, All militia officers shall be elected by persons subject to military duty within the bounds of their several companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions under such rules and regulations as the legislature may, from time to time, direct and establish. Better see your statutes, Tennessee. Texas, This is interesting. Article 1, Section 23, Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the state, but the legislature shall have power by law to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime. I think Ms. Brady's been there. No! Article 16, Section 46, which dealt with the militia of Texas and was quite explicit and specific in its directions, was repealed on August 5, 1969. Better ask your legislators how that happened. State of Utah, Article 1, Section 6, The individual right of the people to keep and bear arms for security and defense of self, family, others, property, or the state, as well as for other lawful purposes, shall not be infringed, but nothing herein shall prevent the legislature from defining the lawful use of arms. Article 15, Section 1, Here's your definition, Utah. The militia shall consist of all able-bodied male inhabitants of the state between the ages of 18 and 45 years, except such as are exempted by law. Vermont, Chapter 1, Article 16, That the people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state, and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up, and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power. Chapter 2, Section 59, Militia, The inhabitants of this state shall be trained and armed for its defense under such regulations, restrictions, and exceptions as Congress, agreeably to the Constitution of the United States, and the legislature of this state shall direct. Now that's pretty interesting, Vermont there. Virginia, Very succinct, Article 1, Section 13, 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. Washington, Article 1, Section 24, The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself or of the state shall not be impaired. But nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain, or employ an armed body of men. How about an armed body of women? Oh well, it says men. Washington, Article 10, Section 1, Militia, All able-bodied male citizens of this state between the ages of 18 and 45 years, except such as are exempt by laws of the United States, or by the laws of this state, shall be liable to military duty. Article 10, Section 4, The legislature shall provide by law for the protection and safekeeping of the public arms. West Virginia has no militia definition. Article 3, Section 22, A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home, and state, and for lawful hunting and recreational use. Wisconsin, Article 4, Section 29, The legislature shall determine what person shall constitute the militia of the state, and may provide for the organizing and disciplining the same in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Wyoming, Article 1, Section 24, The right of citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the state shall not be denied. Article 19, Section 6, No armed police force or detective agency or armed body or unarmed body of men shall ever be brought into this state for the suppression of domestic violence, except upon the application of the legislature or executive when the legislature cannot be convened. Article 19, And those are the militia clauses. Not all of them have militia definitions, but those are the clauses that refer to militia in all 50 state constitutions, and now you don't have any excuse at all to say that you don't know. You are going to have to go to your law library and look up those statutes even when you do have militia definitions, but this is a start. So get your library cards and head on out there and read up on this stuff so you'll know what you're talking about and what your rights and duties are under the laws of your state. So that was it? That was all 50? That was it. We did it. Okay. Well, we've got just a little bit of time here, and I'm glad that we do. We have a minute or two, because for you people out there like me, who, courtesy of Soldier of Fortune, Craig Hullett, have been defined in a certain way, for you other people out there who know that you're not like this, who think that the militias are nuts and all that kind of stuff, this show is for you, but for you ignorant masses, ill-informed, warped thinking, militia conspiracy theorist, fringe fiction believer buffs, hysterical master plan apparition believing, wooden soldier survivalist, bar room bantering, non-combat sorting, desiring to be led, fear mongering, paranoid crazy, UN hating, black helicopter photographing, talk radio listening, new world order worrying, non-voting, non-taxpaying, non-vehicle registering, dangerous, operating in a vacuum, sociopath, punk killer zealot. You didn't need to hear this, did you? That's what Craig Hullett thinks about the militias in the August 95 issue of Soldier of Fortune. If you don't believe us, go buy it. No, go check it out from the library. Don't buy it. Don't support them. But in the articles of August 95, of SOF, those are the terms used in reference to the militias in this country. And that's how the media and most of the general public will perceive you. So you need to get over it, folks. You need to figure out what you're doing. You need to join your local militias. And understand that what we read tonight is what should have been read at the militia hearings in front of the Senate. This stuff should have been read. This is what Norm Olson should have read. This is what those idiots from Montana should have read, instead of getting up there and talking about the government and manipulating the weather and all of that kind of crap and dragging out their photos of the blacks. And how Japan blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City. That does not help anything. No, it doesn't. And remember, you are a representative of this country. You're a representative of your state. And what you do reflects on those things. So stand up for your rights and what you believe in and do the right thing. Screw the evil empire. Good night. God bless you. And God bless our republic. Thank you. Thank you. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.