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Indiana ???
Is there a miltia here in Indiana ? How would a person jion if there is ?
Is there a miltia here in Indiana ? How would a person jion if there is ?
First, its a stereotype, meaning it doesn't always fit, but usually does.So let me get this straight, rock jock... I'm an electrical engineer, I'm current studying for my MSEE, I'm a program manager on a multi-million dollar Air Force program, and I'm a "slack-jawed, tabacky-spitin' redneck"? Is that what you're saying, rock jock
So I fall into the "lunatic fringe element"? How so? Go ahead, ask me anything you like...Second, its [sic] also a mindset. I have yet to read about or meet a so-called militia member that didn't fall into the lunatic fringe element.
I though this thread was dead, but since someone resurrected it, I'll ask: "why did you form/join a militia in the first place?"So I fall into the "lunatic fringe element"? How so? Go ahead, ask me anything you like...
So Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, (who were a privately formed militia before they were federalized) were a bad and illegal idea?
Ditto the Tillamahook Irregulars?
How about the Flying Tigers?
Abraham Lincoln Brigade?
Guardian Angels?
Neighborhood Watch?
An interesting fact, but why did you address it to me?
Is the MVM authorized to carry arms in the performance of its duties? If not, it's fundamentally useless in performing the primary purpose of the real militia.
Militias: reinforcing the stereotype of gunowners as slack-jawed, tabacky-spitin' rednecks for decades.
First, its a stereotype, meaning it doesn't always fit, but usually does.
OK. So how does one prove to you that they are not in the lunatic fringe?Second, its also a mindset. I have yet to read about or meet a so-called militia member that didn't fall into the lunatic fringe element.
So, you assume that the only mission of a militia is to prepare for a SHTF scenario, huh? That explains the security missions that Massachusetts had the MVM doing during the DNC. It also explains the Search and Rescue training we recieved this month, from the Central Massachusetts Search and Rescue Team, the MA State Police, and the MA Wildlife department. I guess learning to search for lost children/alzheimers patients/etc is part of SHTF training...Just to clarify, all responsible gunowners think about, and even discuss SHTF situations, and maybe some form loose associations of friends "just in case", but we don't form some kind of official "Secret Tree-House Club" with apocalyptic visions. Its pretty funny, though. If a takeover by the dreaded STATE ever did take place, you have as much as put a big neon sign on yourselves for all the attention you'll attract. Like I said, for that reason alone militias do indeed serve a purpose.
I know that wasn't directed at me, but my answer is that I wanted to do something to support my State and Country, but I didn't want to be sent to Iraq, and I'm not sure I want to get into politics. The MVM provides me with the opportunity to serve, even if in a small way.I though this thread was dead, but since someone resurrected it, I'll ask: "why did you form/join a militia in the first place?"
Is there a miltia here in Indiana ? How would a person jion if there is ?
Well, it's been a while, but I think my idea was that I'm in Massachusetts, which isn't necessarially regarded as free as other states (such as Vermont).
More correctly, Teddy and the boys were a privately recruited and equipped voluteer outfit, formed ad hoc and enlisted by the regular Army as a unit for the pupose of serving in the Spanish/American War.
I'll have to do some research on the Tillamook Irregulars. It's been some time since American History back in HS.
My take is that none of the above can be equated with 'militia' as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary, 10th edition:
"militia: n. Those who are not members of the regular armed forces, but who are called to service in an emergency. "