We appreciate everyone's comments and thoughts behind our name. We welcome honest educated debate. Sadly on this matter we will not agree.
Historically the Militia in America has been either revered or feared. The Sons Of Liberty and the Minutemen are our model. The Sons of Liberty were a group of men not professional soldiers who came from every walk of life. These men disagreed with the Colonial English Government's taxes to shore up funding to house additional soldiers in the colonies. Without a voice they used their skills to protest the Tea Act and ultimately threw a little party in Boston Harbor.
Let me add they did this without weapons and their other actions included writing and publishing papers to educate and inform the public on the liberty that was being taken from them. A simple internet search will give you more detail on these men. Their members included Lawyers, Doctors, Tradesmen, Artisans, and Merchants, below is a short list of notable members.
John Adams - lawyer, Massachusetts
Samuel Adams – political writer, tax collector/fire warden, Boston
Benjamin Edes – journalist/publisher Boston Gazette, Boston
Christopher Gadsden – merchant, Charleston, South Carolina
John Hancock – merchant/smuggler/fire warden, Boston
Patrick Henry – lawyer/fire warden Virginia
John Holt, colonial publisher for 3 American colonies
John Lamb – trader, New York City
Alexander McDougall – captain of privateers, New York City
James Otis – lawyer, Massachusetts
Charles Willson Peale - Portrait painter and saddle maker, Annapolis, MD
Paul Revere – silversmith/fire warden, Boston
Benjamin Rush – physician, Philadelphia
Isaac Sears – captain of privateers, New York City
Haym Solomon – financial broker, New York and Philadelphia
James Swan – American patriot and financier, Boston
Charles Thomson – tutor/secretary, Philadelphia
Joseph Warren – doctor/soldier, Boston
Thomas Young – doctor, Boston
Marinus Willett – cabinetmaker/soldier, New York
Oliver Wolcott – lawyer, Connecticut
Many of these men did take up arms as members of the Continental Army and Leaders in Non-Militia roles later. Many were signatories of the Declaration of Independence and respected members of their communities.
The Minute-Men were a segment in the early Militia whose purpose was to remain ready to respond in a rapid manner to defend and alert of threats. Paul Revere is the most famous example of a Minute-Man. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is an example of this.
The Vaping Militia's task is not to stand in front of City Coucils and testify. Our task is to alert vapers where the threats are, to prepare them with documentation and education so that they can stand and defend themselves. We have never and will never annouce ourselves as members of the Vaping Militia in that way. When we do have to testify we do so as private citizens. The people we have helped wih their defense will tell you that we never ask them to state that they are members of the Militia. We are the alert system to warn that the enemy is coming.
As for you TomBaker, I am smiling now, because in a way you legitimize our work by trolling us. You have attacked Greg Conley, CASAA and almost every leader in advocacy so we become more relevant when you troll us. I would also like to thank you because we have added about 15 new members today. Thank you for the publicity. I would like to point out that in almost every case of your trolling you have fabricated information or misquoted people, or all out made up information in every possible way. I will just post a few examples here. The funny thing is you did a lot of this in this thread alone so I won't have to look very far.
For Example.....
Complete Lie
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I am a member of the Militia, and I think you are condemning me and friends to death!
You are not nor have you ever been one of the 4600 plus members on the Vaping Milita Facebook, nor a supporting member of our organization.
Misinformation
Wish you would not have asked people check it out.
I don't know if I was incredibly lucky or unlucky, but the first hit on Vaping Militia tossed me over to Facebook, and the Callout section. Where the author of the Call Outs, is , featuring a picture of him, with his very high caliber professional sniper rifle and scope.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/VapingMilitiaCallOuts/
Then I did the double take on the Vaping Militia emblem. Its a Bundesadler, the Coat of Arms for Germany. Why not use a proud American Eagle instead of the German stuff. Why use the German Eagle Crest? And yah all sorts of images form the late 30s to mid 45.
https://www.google.com/search?q=german eagle crest&client=firefox-a&hs=byn&rls=org.mozilla:en-US
fficial&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UWLWU9T2AZbooATJpYCICw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1536&bih=837
no bleeping Idea why the could not use an American Eagle.
The Vaping Militia Call Outs group is not affiliated with the Vaping Militia in any official manner, it was started by Jeremy Colvin and a few other people to increase awareness. We thank him for his efforts and would also like to point out that he is also an administrator on the Vaping Underground. If Jeremy enjoys his firearms that is his business.
Your search for the Bundesadler is a bit disengenuous at best. The Eagle has been used in heraldry for hundreds of years. The German's are not the only group to use it. I will use a Google search of my own to illustrate this.
A simple internet search will find this clip art as a "Phoenix".
https://www.google.com/search?clien...stock.com%2Fs%2Fphoenix%2Fsearch.html;450;409
The point is TomBaker, you can make anything look bad if you want to. Your search parameters show you wanted it to look like a Bundesadler. You misdirect vapers from the important information and tear down the work of those greater than you.