In the past, especially since the Oklahoma Bombing on April 
19, 1995, the question has been raised: "What is the Militia"?

The Federal government has made claims over and over that 
the militia is the National Guard, portraying, and in many 
cases literally calling the militia groups of Citizens "Terrorists, 
White Supremacists, Extremists, Radicals, and 
many other slanderous, defaming names.

First of all, no where in the Constitution does it say that 
the militia is the National Guard. This is proven when taking 
into consideration that the Constitution was written in the 
1700s, and the National Guard was not created until 
January 21, 1903, under the name of its founder, "The Dick Act."

On January 3, 1916, president Wilson usurped (Usurped": 
to make claim to something you have lawful right to) the 
powers of the People as a "Militia" under U.S. Code, 
Title 32. Under Title 32, the National Guard is Federally 
funded through the U.S. Treasury, and the commanding 
officer of the National Guard is the president. Not as a 
president, but as the senior officer, in accordance with 
Title 32 USC 104(c)(d)(e)(f). Such a position makes 
the National Guard the president's own private army! U.S. 
Code, Title 32, completely alters the definition of the militia, 
its services, who controls it and what it is. Title 32 
violates every article and section of the 
Constitution, including the Second Amendment!

To understand what the militia is, perhaps it would be 
best to hear it from our founding forefathers of this great 
country. First, our founding forefathers were very well 
educated in history, including government and military history 
of each nation and why they either excelled 
as a nation or failed as a society.

Our forefathers knew that countries with a militia excelled, 
and nations without a militia usually failed. They knew 
that without certain safeguards inserted in our constitution, 
this nation would also fail. One safeguard is the Second 
Amendment. The Second Amendment is an absolute
right, reserved respectively to the people.

The first ten Amendments in our Constitution are our 
"Bill of Rights." The Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights states:

"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."

Thomas Jefferson stated once about 
the Second Amendment:

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the 
right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, 
to protect against tyranny in government."

If the militia is to protect the Citizens against tyranny in 
government, and if the National Guard was the Militia, the 
president, being the commander/senior officer of the 
National Guard, surely wouldn't order the overthrow of 
tyranny in the government in which he is a part of, no 
matter how much the people proclaimed tyranny. The 
National Guard is not the Militia. NOTHING, in the Constitution 
states that the Militia is the National Guard. The Militia 
has always been the "Sovereign Citizens." Anything else 
would be in contrast with the Constitution. It wouldn't make 
any sense to create safeguards against tyranny in government, 
and then put that same government in control of such safeguards.

Article II. Section 2. of the Constitution states in pertinent part:

"Section 2. The President shall be Commander in 
Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, 
and of the Militia of the several States, when called 
into actual Service of the United States; he may 
require the opinion in writing, of the principle 
Officer in each of the executive department,. . ."

Keep in mind what the Militia is for, 
as Thomas Jefferson said:

". . . as a last resort, to protect themselves 
against tyranny in government."

And, Article II Section 2 of the Constitution, 
which states in pertinent part:

". . . when called into actual service 
of the United States, . . . "

That means that the Militia is not a military group originally 
under the rule of the United States government. The 
Militia is a civilian defense organization, which is an absolute 
right reserved respectively to the people, and such rights 
are protected by Article X of the Bill of Rights which states:

"The powers not delegated to the United States 
by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, 
are reserved to the States 
respectively, or to the people."

The Federalist Papers were written by the people who wrote 
the Constitution, and were created to interpret the Constitution. 
Who could interpret the constitution better than the one's 
who wrote it? No one could have answered the question 
"WHAT IS THE MILITIA" more beautifully, than Hamilton when 
he wrote in the Federalist Papers under No. 28:

"The militia is a voluntary force not associated or 
under the control of the States except when 
called out; [when called into actual service] a 
permanent or long standing force would 
be entirely different in make-up and call."

Hamilton further stated in the Federalist Papers under No. 69:

"The President, and government, will only control 
the militia when a part of them is in the actual 
service of the federal government, else, they are 
independent and not under the command of the 
president or the government. The states would 
control the militia, only when called out into the 
service of the state, and then the governor would 
be commander in chief where enumerated 
in the respective state constitution."

The Federalist Papers have been used in the past as binding in 
authority, in interpreting the Constitution in U.S. Courts.

We, the Sovereign Citizens of the United States of America are 
the true Militia under the Constitution, and when the Citizens 
see (as stated in the Declaration of Independence) "a long 
train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the 
same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute 
Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such 
Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

The only power the government has over The People is 
their ignorance. When tyrants act in the name of government, 
violating ethics, they break the trust of the Citizens. The 
natural result should be to pull back power.

Learn about our Constitution before its to late. Unchecked 
power in government is the foundation of tyranny. It is our 
duty as Citizens to use our power of to control the government 
in order to stem the tide of oppression and tyranny. 
President Abraham Lincoln once said:

"The people are masters of both Congress and 
courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, 
but to overthrow the men who pervert it!"

In the past, literally millions of people have given their lives 
to preserve the rights given to us through the Constitution. 
We should never take for granted that those rights will always 
be at our disposal. Right now, there are to many good men 
doing nothing! One of Thomas Jefferson's warnings about 
government taking away our rights went as follows:

". . . the Federal Judiciary; an irresponsible body, 
working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a 
little to-day and a little to-marrow, and advancing 
its motionless steps like a thief, over the field of 
jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the States, 
and the government of all be controlled into one."

Thomas Jefferson couldn't have been more right! We are slowly 
loosing our sovereignty and being consolidated under one rule, 
and that one rule will eventually do away with the 
Constitution and rule with an iron fist.

There's no better time than now! Support your local Militia 
organization. One day soon, your freedom will depend on it.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

Much of the information in this pamphlet was derived from 
publications of the Militia of Montana. In fact, I could not 
have prepared this pamphlet without such publications. 
I have spent much time in a law library verifying every 
publication I've received from the Militia of Montana and 
have failed to disprove anything claimed or implied as fact. 
Therefore, all tributes should be directed to the Militia of Montana.

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The People enforcing the God given rights that every 
human being should have. Militia members do not walk 
around carrying guns and wearing army fatigues, looking 
for someone to shoot. A Militia member is a person who 
has sworn to uphold the Constitution and all laws which 
do not conflict with the Constitution, a Citizen who is 
willing to give his/her life in the defense against foreign 
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