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SC: South Carolina Senator Suggests Everyone be Made Militia Member
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Website: http://libertyparkpress.com
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A South Carolina senator has a proposal to make sure no federal law can ever seize guns — make everyone over 17 who can legally own a gun a member of a militia. South Carolina's constitution allows the governor to call up an “unorganized militia" of any “able bodied male citizens” between ages 18 and 45. State Sen. Tom Corbin's proposal would automatically expand membership to everyone who is over 17 and could own a gun. |
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MarkHamTownsend
(3/24/2021)
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| Redundant. The "Uniform Militia Act of 1792" already states adults are already either organized militia, or unorganized militia. |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(3/24/2021)
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MarkHamTownsend -
Reiterating it at the state/county/local level can't hurt. The Militia Act deals with nationalizing the militia. The states/counties/localities need teeth in their own laws to claim the power to activate the militia to deal with their own contingencies. |
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