Today’s Daily Dose of Derangement: Bill would create an armed paramilitary group in Montana
I bet this is the response of Montana patriots to Obama’s desire to create a “Civilian National Security Force,” you see. Glenn Beck said Glenn Beck said this is what “Hitler did with the SS.” It’s also what Saddam Hussein did.
It could also be a response to a little known provision in “Obamacare” that Judge Andrew Napolitano exposed on the Fox Business Channel that (gulp)…creates a private army of 6,000 men:
You know that gun confiscations and turning cities into giant concentration camps can’t be too far behind!
So the good Republicans in the Montana Legislature are FIGHTING BACK:
HELENA — A Republican legislator said Friday that Montana needs an armed paramilitary group of volunteers to help authorities in emergencies, a proposal favored by gun rights advocates and conservative lawmakers skeptical of the federal government.
Rep. Wendy Warburton, of Havre, told the House State Administration Committee that House Bill 278 would let residents organize military-like companies called “home guards” that would answer to the governor and sheriffs during emergencies.
Warburton said slow response and poor organization during major emergencies in the past prompted her to sponsor the bill.
“Really the bill is just about local volunteers being prepared in case of emergency to support the National Guard, support the sheriff, support the governor as needed,” Warburton said.
*Wink* *Wink* I gotcha. You can’t say what it’s really for. You don’t want Obama’s thugs to descend on you, so you couch it in terms of supporting the National Guard. Very clever, but if I were you, Rep. Warburton, I wouldn’t even say that. I fear you might get a knock on the door from the SEIU. I mean, look what they did to Kenneth Gladney???
And of course, there was this little blurb near the end of the story:
This bill was one of several bills put forward by conservative lawmakers this session that emphasize smaller government, attempt to bolster individual rights and take a skeptical view of the federal government. Others include the so-called “Sheriffs First” bill, which would give sheriffs authority over federal arrests and several gun-rights bills.
As well as this:
The measures have the support of tea party and gun rights groups.
What a shocker.
I know there have always been kooky people up there in Montana, but this really takes the cake.