Montana Legislature Is Calling For A Home Guard

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[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]There is current legislation in Montana for a State Defense Force, i.e. Home Guard.
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Here is the link to the legislation: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/BillHtml/HB0479.htm[/FONT]
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Difference between a State Defense Force/Home Guard/Militia and the National Guard is that the first is only commanded by the State while the latter is commanded by the Federal Government. The National Guard of each State can be mobilized by the President (Fed Gov) without the State's approval. Thus each state under the current Constitution is allowed to maintain it's own State Defense Forces.

Some states maintain State Defense Forces but the majority of them keep them unarmed. Alaska, Texas and now Montana (if this passes) will have an armed State Militia.

This once again is another State telling the Fed to stop encroaching on their rights.
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They can leave if they'd like.

Why is a state militia necessary? What, the National Guard isn't enough? And who really wants to go near Montana?
 
The Other Guy said:
They can leave if they'd like.

Why is a state militia necessary? What, the National Guard isn't enough? And who really wants to go near Montana?
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With the over reliance on the Guard and Reserve, State Guard may not be a bad idea for States of emergency etc. Depending on how it's set up.

Who knows Alberta may be plotting an Invasion as we speak.
 
03USMC said:
With the over reliance on the Guard and Reserve, State Guard may not be a bad idea for States of emergency etc. Depending on how it's set up.

Who knows Alberta may be plotting an Invasion as we speak.
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The two reasons are because of the federal control of the National Guard.... which in turn does not allow a state to use it's own forces for it's needs.

Montana is doing that for that very reason. Their National Guard forces were deployed when they needed some support during their winter storms. So they're creating a Home Guard.
 
5.56X45mm said:
[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]This once again is another State telling the Fed to stop encroaching on their rights.[/FONT]
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Another auxillary force isn't so bad. I can't really see why they aren't put with state troopers or soemthing like that. Why create a whole new branch when you have other options. What if there is a calamity and they all work along eachtother instead of together?

But how is the federal government enchroacing their right? What right are we talking about? The fact that they allow for such a thing is just proof of the opposite, isn't it?
 
Sounds like a giant waste of taxpayer money, and who are they going to get to serve in it? Wolves? Deer? Montana has less than a Million people total.

But as long as they don't use Federal Funds to pay for it I really don't care either way.
 
mmarsh said:
But as long as they don't use Federal FUnds to pay for it I really don't care either way.
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Which would only make sense if it was a STATE militia. I don't see this as really a bad thing... The fact that the President can mobilize the NATIONAL Guard doesn't seem like it's really in question... I see this as more of a back up plan for emergencies than it is a state getting ready for possible invasion by the Federal Government. Since there have been nearly 130,000 guard and reservists activated since this war began, the possibility of a disaster occurring and the NG not being able to do anything is rising...
 
As a Montana resident and former civilian employee of The MTNG, a Home Guard is what the state needs, and my understanding is that it comes from state funds and county funds as well.
 
The National Guard was formed after the Civil War to try to deprive the States of the ability to militarily oppose the Federal Govt., even though the War was fought by both sides with Volunteers rather than State Militia(for the most part). An Article published in the 80s/90s said Fla. has a State Guard, but they are only issued things like belts & caps, not even a uniform, much less weopans.
 
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