Governments are not the guardians of freedom …

The 2nd Amendment does not grant us the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

The Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES that right and FORBIDS the government from infringing upon it.

The governor of Virginia’s threat to bring in the National Guard against people who are not violent destroys the argument that armed forces under government control will keep us safe and that the NG has made militias obsolete.

The ability of The People to resist government oppression must be maintained. To do that we must have modern weapons suitable for revolution.

As a preemptive measure, communities should openly organize militias to be the final check and balance against the possibility of a government turning against the people. Form community calling trees (serving the function of the lanterns in Old North Church). Each one of us can be a Robert Newman or John Pulling. Government forces should never be able to move against us without an alarm being sounded.

The U.S. Constitution acknowledges that the security of a free state is the responsibility of The PEOPLE and tasks them with that duty.

Governments are not the guardians of freedom, but they can take it away.