Greetings,
An interesting question was posed at the NRA Women's Leadership Forum. When was the last time US Citizens acted as a 'militia'? One woman guessed the Civil War aloud, and the rest mostly sat silently pondering.
The answer? 9-11-2001.
There were folks on an airplane who knew their plane had been hijacked. They knew from cell phone reports that the twin towers had been hit. They knew an attack was taking place. They knew their plane was most likely going to be used to destroy another important target. What did they do? They acted as a militia and banded together to prevent more lives lost. They sacrificed their own lives to protect and defend their country.
According to Wikipedia, the definition of militia is as follows: The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary citizens to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or paramilitary service, in times of emergency without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service.
That fits what they did very nicely.
The next time someone tells you that a citizen militia is not a necessary thing in these United States of America that we love, point this out to them and watch their minds change before your very eyes.
God bless you, and God bless America!
~Gwen
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