mancel wrote:
... This is how you people treat new users?!!
Ok, before you go calling me a troll you should wait and see what else I have to say. Way to scare off new users.
I'm so furious right now I want to :cuss: you out. But that's good for nothing, especially over the internet.
I'm no troll. What the hell would a troll be asking about a militia for?! I've been reading these forums for months now, gaining knowlege as I prepare to carry this fall. Then, when I finally post a thread with a sincere question somone like you comes along.
As a 2A supporting American citizen, concerned with the current global state, I'd like to know about militias in the state of Virginia.
Please and thank you. Damn.
Wonderful. You are what, somewhere between 18 & 21 years of age, based on what you say about school and preparing to carry? That said, you probably graduated high school, which in Virginia still requires a very small amount of instruction in the subject they used to call "civics." Get ready for lesson #2 in "civics."
The militia is composed of all able-bodied persons between certain ages - usually 17 and 45 - that the Governor calls up when all other military and paramilitary assets have been pressed into service and the problem still exists. There is no legal militia other than the one the Governor can call up for service.
If you want to belong to a private militia, please contact your local police department's gang intelligence unit and ask them for references to the various organizations that are operating or recruiting in your locality. You may want to bring your toothbrush with you, as you will most likely spend a lot of time as the guest of your local police department after making such inquiries.
Anybody that does not know this information, at least on the very basic level, is beyond mere ignorance. Presuming you are not thicker than a brick and in fact are smarter than a bag of hammers, you must be a troll. If you are not a troll, what I think of you is such that being called a troll would be considered a compliment.
If what you really want to do is run around and play "war" there are milirary re-enactment groups that start from the Middle Ages and end up somewhere around the Vitenam era. They are quite serious about what they do, but manage to have a lot of fun when they do their stuff. Go look them up and watch them before you decide to join, as it will cost you a pretty penny to outfit yourself properly.
Now convice me you are really not a troll.
skidmark
. The closest thing you'll find to a neighborhood militia these days is a neighborhood watch organization (exists on street signs only)or just the VaDF. Any other group is going to be ofquestionable usefulness/legality. Rather then search for the Militia of the founders (which exists in law only) get politically active and join the VCDL - good fellowship andit's useful: 
