Virginia Ready Reserve

[AssMan]

Just got turned on to this group. Looks interesting. And MDS'ers attend any of their events?

http://virginiareadyreserve.com


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[Rack&Roll]

Liking this.

 

[AssMan]

Liking this.

Yeah, it looks pretty cool. I don't really have an LGS as not much is local here, but I stopped in a little shop called Indian Rock Tactical down near Bedford (1:15 from me) and the guys there are supporters.

Hope you're doing well and maybe I'll see you on the 20th!


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[Overboost44]

Maryland has a group as well. I will find out what they are called. I don't think it is www.marylandpreparedness.com. Have a friend or two that was/is part of it.

I think each county has a subgroup and I was surprised when he told me because I never heard anyone mention it on here.

 

[Cowboy T]

Here's the problem I see with this group.

We believe in the promotion of traditional Judeo-Christian values, morals, and laws. While this belief is not required for membership, all members must recognize that republican constitutional government stems from the Judeo-Christian measure for measure system of justice and natural law.

"Traditional Judeo-Christian values"....

I have seen that time and again to attempt to legislate Christianity onto the populace. Without exception, the people I've met who say this also say, "we're a CHREEESCH-CHUN nation!", and they want to legislate their religious beliefs onto Us, The People. Legislating any sort of religious beliefs on Us, The People would, of course, be a very bad thing. It's one of the major reasons why the Pilgrims left England.

As for the Judeo-Christian measure for measure system of justice being from which republican constitutional government stems from, that's BS. The Iroquois Federation (neither Christian nor Jewish by a longshot) had a very similar form of republican government, and it was so impressive that the Founding Fathers borrowed heavily from it in the design of the new government for the United States. There is also record of republican forms of govenment from the ancient Chinese days, dating to before Jesus's time. These "Virginia Ready Reserve" folks would do well to read up on that history.

See, this is one of the problems with getting those other than social, religious Conservatives into the pro-2A movement. Everywhere I turn, it's de-facto a "Conservative Christian Club" sort of environment. Example: if someone is, say, Muslim, like the now-late Army Cpl. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan (killed in Afghanistan fighting for the USA), and that person is pro-2A, we need that person on our side. Philip Van Cleave demonstrated this during a recent Lobby Day when a Muslim woman wearing a hijab joined us as part of the VCDL rally; he welcomed her. The same applies to pro-2A agnostics, Hindus, atheists, Wiccans, Liberals (e. g. myself), and so on. As a community, I've observed that we have a nasty habit of pushing folks like that away.