Ground Zero: Oklahoma

Bill outlawing militias passes OK House. If this Bill becomes Law, it would be illegal in the State of Oklahoma to organize any "military group" without the authorization of the Government of the State of Oklahoma.

Some definitions:

Militia:
1 a : a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency b : a body of citizens organized for military service
2 : the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by law as being subject to call to military service.

Military (group):
1 a : of or relating to soldiers, arms, or war b : of or relating to armed forces; especially : of or relating to ground or sometimes ground and air forces as opposed to naval forces
2 a : performed or made by armed forces b : supported by armed force
3 : of or relating to the army

So how exactly will this law be interpreted by law-enforcement? The definition of "military" is incredibly vague. A reasonable, if extreme, definition of "military group" would be any organized gathering that involves in any way, lethal weapons, especially firearms. So it would be reasonable to assume that potentially every hunting club, firearms club (including the NRA), shooting club, or even shooting range, could be defined as a "militia" and its founders arrested and prosecuted for "organizing a military group without the authorization of the State of Oklahoma.

This Bill is a direct contradiction of Oklahoma's own Constitution which states in no uncertain terms:

Section II-3: Right of assembly and petition.

  The people have the right peaceably to assemble for their own
good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of
government for redress of grievances by petition, address, or
remonstrance.

Note that the word "militia" or "firearms" or "military" do not occur a
single time in the above statement.

This bill coming quick on the heals of this:

Lawmakers and tea-party wants militia formed. These individuals simply want to re-institute the OK State defense force.

Even more baffling is this-

Oklahoma Fire arms freedom act Oklahoma, along with Arizona, is soon to have some of the most liberal fire-arms regulations in the Nation.

Oklahoma, like the rest of America is obviously going through a period of transition and is being pulled between two opposite forces. None of it really seems to make sense until we look closely and realize this: that in OK, just as in the rest of America, there are people who want to be free and exercise their rights peacefully, and there are others in OK, just as in the rest of America, who think they have the right to use force to tell other people what they are allowed to do.

You have a boot and you have a neck, and in OK, just as the people beneath the boot are making a mighty push to get it off their necks, the boot is trying to push down even harder.

THAT will lead only to more resistance from below, and I can almost guarantee that because of the Bill to outlaw Militias, whether or not it becomes Law, militias will grow in both strength and number in OK.

The boot will be removed from their necks one way or the other.