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Michigan township forms militia to protect citizens' 2nd Amendment rights from Gov. Whitmer's gun regulations



A township in Muskegon County has declared itself a Second Amendment sanctuary and created a maximally inclusive militia in hopes of protecting citizens' constitutional rights from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's gun control laws.

What's the background?

Democrats control both chambers of the Michigan state legislature. With this power and Whitmer's signature, they have successfully pushed through numerous bills aimed at curtailing Second Amendment rights.

For instance, SB 83, ratified by Whitmer in May, allows family members, quacks, cops, roommates, and others to petition to void another citizen's Second Amendment rights if they can halfway persuade a judge it might prevent the targeted citizen from doing future harm either to themselves or to others.

In the face of the leftist power trifecta's gun control efforts, constitutionalist officials across the state have signaled their opposition with largely symbolic local ordinances and resolutions.

The Holland Sentinel indicated earlier this year that well over 50 of Michigan's 83 counties have adopted resolutions declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries or at the very least reaffirming their support for gun rights. Several townships and at least one city have followed suit.

The Holton Township Militia

Holton Township Clerk Malinda Pego, who is also co-chair of the Michigan GOP, introduced a motion at a Nov. 14 board meeting declaring the township a Second Amendment sanctuary.

The resolution stated that "the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of our nation; ... the Second Amendment to the Constitution 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'; and ... the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the right of an individual to 'keep and bear arms,' as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against the states."

Noting that board members will remain steadfast in upholding the the U.S. and Michigan constitutions and oppose "any law that would unconstitutionally restrict the rights of the citizens of Holton Township to keep and bear arms," the resolution called for the technical establishment of a militia.

Accordingly, all legal residents with primary residency within the township who are 18 or older, capable of passing a federal firearms background check, and desire to do so can become a member of the Holton Township Militia simply by indicating their intent "on open media or to friends and or family or by letter."

The resolution further claimed that admission into the militia protects various items from federal, executive, county and state regulations, including all federally permissible ammunition of any current caliber; all federally legal accessories, including stocks, grips, optics, magazines, clips, and suppressors; and body armor legal under federal law.

The motion passed with the support of all board members with the exception of the treasurer, who was not present, meaning Holton Township, 200 miles northwest of Detroit, will "not acknowledge any new laws that are associated with red flag laws, or any other infringement of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution" or "acknowledge any new regulation that prohibits open carry or concealed carry."

Managing expectations

Township Supervisor Alan Jager told WXMI-TV that in the face of Democratic legislation like SB 83, militia membership will ensure that citizens see some sort of due process when threatened with having their firearms seized.

Jager, who voted in support of the resolution, said, "If you got to court, [you can say] I have a right to these guns because I need them to protect myself and to protect my community."

"Then you can maybe have a jury of your peers, or at least have a lawyer present and try to explain your case ... my neighbor just don't like me, so he called on me and now I'm gonna lose my guns," said Jager.

Jager told Michigan News Source there's little demand on militia members, as there are no monthly meetings or paramilitary activities.

"All you have to do is say, 'I'm in.' If you don't want to be in, all you have to do is just never say anything," said Jager.

The township supervisor suggested the savage Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel revealed the need to remain vigilant and not to be caught off guard.

"They took their guns away. An then look what happened. 1,400 people died," said Jager. "And now they're telling people in that same area 'buy guns to protect yourself, because you're not safe."

While a militia might defend against attackers, attorney Randall Levine told WOOD-TV that membership in a militia would not ultimately protect a resident from subjection to state laws regulating firearms.

"I think a resolution is more of a statement," said Levine. "There's nothing in the creation of a militia which is going to alter in any way the prescriptions in Michigan law that pertain to responsible gun ownership and use."

"How they're used, the fact that if they're used responsibly, where they can be carried, how they can be carried is a subject that is exclusively within the purview of the Legislature," added Levine.

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Federal authorities arrest six men in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer



Federal authorities have arrested six men in connection with what they say was a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).

The conspiracy was a described by the FBI as a plot to violently overthrow the state government in Michigan, WITI-TV reported. The investigation into this conspiracy involved multiple informants and undercover FBI agents.

Documents filed in court Thursday allege that six men — Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, and Brandon Caserta — plotted to kidnap the governor.

According to the FBI, Croft, Fox, and about 13 other men met in Dublin, Ohio, on June 6 to form a self-sufficient society that would be based on the U.S. Bill of Rights. They allegedly discussed plans to achieve this aim violently.

"Several members talked about murdering 'tyrants' or 'taking' a sitting governor," an FBI agent wrote in the court affidavit. "The group decided they needed to increase their numbers and encouraged each other to talk to their neighbors and spread their message."

Fox allegedly reached out to a Michigan-based militia group to recruit men to attack the state Capitol building and take hostages, including the governor.

"Fox said he needed '200 men' to storm the Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, and take hostages, including the Governor. Fox explained they would try the Governor of Michigan for 'treason,' and he said they would execute the plan before the November 2020 elections," the FBI said.

NBC News reported that the involvement of that militia in the plot to kidnap the governor "appears to be minimal as the group charged today allegedly discussed keeping the broader militia out of their plan."

More from WITI:

According to the FBI, it learned of the plan through confidential sources and undercover agents over several months who attended militia group meetings. The FBI said the militia group would hold field training exercises on private property in remote areas of Michigan, where they would engage in firearm training and tactical drills.

At one point, the FBI said the group had a meeting in Grand Rapids in the basement of a shop that was accessed through a trap door hidden under a rug on the main floor. At that business, the FBI said they discussed the plan for the Capitol and planned to use "Molotov cocktails" to destroy police cars.

The FBI said Fox called Whitmer a "tyrant b****" and asked the group to be linked with other systems and asked for ideas of what they can do.

The militia group also met in Ohio and Wisconsin, the FBI reported, and on July 11 in Wisconsin, Croft and another member tried to make an improvised explosive device using black powder, balloons, a fuse, and BBs for shrapnel.

The FBI said they have recordings of conversations discussing plans to attack a Michigan State Police facility and to shoot up Whitmer's vacation home. In one of these recordings, Fox allegedly said the best plan was to "kidnap her outside her vacation home."

"Snatch and grab, man. Grab the f***in' governor. Just grab the bitch. Because at that point, we do that, dude — it's over," Fox allegedly said, according to the FBI.

The FBI said in late August the alleged conspirators took pictures and video of Whitmer's vacation home and researched how far the police were from its location. A few weeks later in mid-September, the group allegedly created and detonated an IED surrounded by human silhouette targets and planned to put a similar device under an overpass to divert police while they kidnapped the governor.

The FBI said Fox told one of their sources he had purchased an 800,000-volt taser to use in the kidnapping. In conversation with an undercover officer, the group determined it would cost about $4,000 to get the explosives they allegedly intended to use for the IED and made plans to raise the funds over the next few weeks.