Due to Mass Shootings, Democrats in Congress Propose to Disarm the Majority of Sheriff's Deputies Throughout the Nation You heard it right folks, due to mass shootings Senator Feinstein and other Democrats in the Senate are proposing new gun regulations that would disarm the majority of sheriffs deputies throughout the United States. You might be thinking "they're crazy" or "that's crazy" or "this blogger is crazy" but I speak the truth. There are the regular sheriffs deputies you may be familiar with, but there are others called the "Posse Comitatus" or as the old western movies put it "the sheriff's posse".  Some might think those are the guys who ride horses in 4th of July parades but the sheriff's posse according to Common Law is defined as the power and force of the county, and constitutes all males ages 15 and up of the county.  The sheriff has the common law power to call up all qualifying males to p...

James Madison's Notes on the Constitutional Convention is a book I've had for over 10 years one of my favorites to go back to: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812975170/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=briant-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0812975170&linkId=5a10f9bc524b12455692cf1167b1f547

Yes indeed Guns have changed, but the right remains the same for the same reason This is a video that is being passed around on Facebook a lot lately: https://www.facebook.com/news.com.au/videos/1349946491699387/ Let's examine this video: 1) Unlike this video back in the day of muskets more people carried either a musket, a rifle (yes they did exist) or some other firelock (a really big handgun) so people would have been shooting back 2) The guy who was shot was able to run away without a scratch, muskets do a lot more damage than that, depending on how and where you get shot, the musket shot could be more dangerous than the damage done by a modern rifle. 3) Most musket shooters carried a bayonet on their musket for the simple reason that reloading was a problem and a bayonet attached to a musket was more efficient for attacking in close quarters, and this video misses that fact 4)  I have a problem with the fact that everyone ran away from the shooter after he fire...

Letter from Governor Thomas Jefferson  to George Washington January 10, 1781: "... On the 31st. of December a Letter from a private Gentleman to General Nelson came to my hands, notifying that in the morning of the preceding day 27 Sail of vessels had entered the capes and from the tenor of the letter we had reason to expect within a few hours further intelligence whether they were friends or foes, their force, and other circumstances. We immediately dispatched General Nelson to the lower Country with powers to call on the Militia in that quarter or to act otherwise as exigences should require, but waited further intelligence before we would call for Militia from the middle or upper Country..." https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0408

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98VfAwDBxuw&t=15s The guy from the Young Turks in this video is making the claim that the 2nd Amendment was intended only for "militias" and that for some reason "Bob down the street" doesn't get to have any kind of weapon he likes.  What makes up a Militia?  If you start to say "Bob can't have this kind of gun" or "Bob can't have a gun, he's not a National Guardsman" you are suggesting a "Select Militia". The Militia consist in all able bodied men trained to arms, starting from the age of 12. Under Old English Common Law, all able bodied men ages 12-60 were expected to aid in the common defense of their neighborhoods and towns Under Old English Common Law all able bodied men ages 15-60 were expected to aid in the common defense of their respective counties under the direction of the Sheriff or another selected by the county in a "Posee Comitatus" Under precedent esta...

How the "Citizens Militia" is distinct from the state sponsored militia The Militia of the State is but a small portion of "the Militia" as it was understood by the founding fathers.  Unlike the Army and Navy, which were created by the Constitution, the Militia pre-existed the Constitution.  The Constitution simply gave Congress power to call up that portion of the Militia that would be needed in case of national emergency. The founders understood the Militia to be all able bodied male citizens capable of bearing arms, in a previous post The Power of a Tithing , I pointed out that those who were to be trained to aid in the common defense began at the age of 12 and up.  According to US Code, that portion that may be called up to aid the United States consist of all males (with few exceptions) ages 17-45, and most state codes share a uniformity with that code.  There are times however, when the Federal and State Government are either unable or unwilling to a...

Virginia Militia Act 1757 APRIL 1757 - - 30th GEORGE II. CHAP. III. An Act for the better regulating and disciplining the Militia. I.                     WHEREAS it is necessary, in this time of danger, that the militia of this colony should be well regulated and disciplined. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act every county lieutenant, colonel, lieutenant-colonel, and other inferior officer, bearing any commission in the militia of this colony, shall be an inhabitant of, and resident in the county of which he is or shall be commissioned to be an officer of the militia. II.                  And be it further enacted, by the authorit...

Published last year but still true today: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/sheriff-david-clarke-picking-constitution-fit-certain-leftist-agenda

That portion of the Militia that can be called up by Congress to aid the US in times of National Emergency include the following: The Organized Militia which consist of: 1)  The National Guard 2) The Naval Militia (in states that have them) The Unorganized Militia All males 17-45 years of age (with special exceptions such as ministers and mailmen) who are not part of the Organized Militia  https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246

In Federalist 29 Alexander Hamiliton goes into great detail about the use of the Militia under the new Constitution being debated at the time.  While he argued in favor of the Militia as it stood in Article 1 Section 8 the Anti-Federalist demanded that it be recognized that the Militia of the Whole constituted the entire population and hence, the 2nd Amendment. His arguments led to the creation of the "Organizaed Militia" and the "Unorganized Militia" The Organized Militia (select corps of Militia as he put it): " The attention of the government ought particularly to be directed to the formation of a select corps of moderate extent, upon such principles as will really fit them for service in case of need. By thus circumscribing the plan, it will be possible to have an excellent body of well-trained militia, ready to take the field whenever the defense of the State shall require it. This will not only lessen the call for military establishments, but if...

King Edward I, The Statute of Winchester 1285 The Second Amendment didn't come about because we dreamed up a new right, it came about to protect an already existing right under Old English Common Law.  Our Constitution protects that institution.  The Posse Comitatus and Militia came about from similar origins and those origins can be traced to King Edward I and beyond.  The Statute of Winchester as shown here is only to show that these rights and duties associated with them existed from ancient times.  It should be noted that while we declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 we did not abandon legal precedents that existed prior to that time. Because from day to day robberies, homicides and arsons are more often committed than they used to be, and felonies cannot be attainted by the oath of Jurors, who had rather suffer felonies done to strangers to go unpunished than indict wrongdoers the greater part of whom are people of the same district, or at...

This video shows proper flag etiquette, very good work from a scout working on his Eagle Project.  One of the best in my opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7WxxTyeoNY

From the Bible: "So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes." ( Deuteronomy 1:15 ) The Captains of Tens that we read about in the Bible were called Tithingmen in Old English Common Law, he was in charge of ten households, every male 12 to 60 was a part of the Tithing, and they were responsible to act when their Tithingman made a Hue and Cry. The Tithingman was responsible to make sure that those within his Tithing were obedient to the law and trained in the use of arms. Another term in medieval England for a tithing group was “vill” (See Statute at Winchester).  While it may not be customary for Americans now to be split into households of ten in these days, the common law practice of training men beginning at the age of twelve years old in arms is implied in the Second Amendment as part...