“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.” – the all-important Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Recently, so-called “private militias” have become a hot-button issue of contention for those who simply do not understand the true nature of militias and why they are desperately needed in these trying political times. And while “private militias” existed long before the framing of our Constitution as well as their having played an important part in our nation’s founding, this article is not about the history of American militias per se as their history can be easily “googled,” but it is about why “private militias” are today not only gaining in numbers both start-up and membership wise, but why they can and must be accepted as robust defensive adjuncts to help aid our country’s state defense forces…forces more commonly known as SDF, state military, state guards, state militias, or state military reserves…and why it has become so imperative to address the numerous other rolls “private militias” can play in today’s America.

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