An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

 But he says it would protect gun ownership because the volunteers would use their own guns, ammunition and supplies. The equipment would become the property of the state, meaning the federal government could not regulate the group. [More]

Volunteer so the state can claim your property? That's not an AP misunderstanding?

How that differs from the Missouri State Defense Force, which cannot be federalized, is unclear.

Then there's this deliberate bit of misinformation:

Critics note Missouri already has volunteer state forces, such as the Missouri National Guard.

And those "critics" are counting on the average Missourian being oblivious to Perpich, Federalist 46, and Joesph Story's commentaries, and why that's not the same thing and has the potential to eviscerate Founding intent.

[Via bondmen]