1st Joint Kentucky Militia

Welcome to the 1st Kentucky Militia Homepage

The 1st Joint Kentucky Militia is a joint venture with various militias from all over the entire state, not just one individual militia or militia command.

All participants have decided to come together to help each other. This site is not meant to be representative of one group is better than the others, or one group attempting to establish a dominance. It is, however, only to be used as a central hub or gathering point for us all to come together and create a way for people to be able to find and contact a group in their local areas.

The Volunteer Militia exists by law under Amendment II of the United States Constitution, U.S.C. 10, Chapter. 13, Section 311 and under the Kentucky Constitution, Section 219.

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." Amendment Two, of the U.S. Constitution.

The Second Amendment recognizes that the Militia's existence and the security of the state ultimately rests in the people; those who volunteer to constitute the Militia and supply their own arms. Fundamentally, it is not the state that defends the people, but the people who defend the state. That is why the Citizen Militia and the citizens' private arms are not legitimate subjects for Federal legislation or regulation - they are Rights of the people that are to be protected and not be infringed. The National Guard is solely the creation of statutory law whereas the Citizen Militia existed before there was a nation or a constitutional form of government!

Under the U.S. Constitution, the State governments are free to arm their Citizen Militia if they choose to do so. Otherwise, the arming of the Militia is the responsibility of the individual citizen. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution does provide for States to organize and train their Militia, according to standards established by the Congress, and to appoint the Officers. If the State governments fail to do so, people not only have the Right but the duty to organize and train themselves locally, supplying their own arms. But just as each citizen has a duty to defend the community he also has the duty to effectively prepare himself for that role and join with others in his community to train and to function as an organized force; regardless if the elected officials of his community facilitate that organization and training or not.

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Who We Are

Written throughout this country's history, embedded within the very Constitution in which we proudly support, given to us under God, along as Americans, EVERY man, woman, and child is created equal regardless of race, creed, color, gender, or religious beliefs.

As an "Unorganized" militia we will assist local and state government in times where manpower has been exhausted. We stand against enemies both foreign and domestic.

What is important to the militia is what is important to all Americans. We are concerned with the health of this nation. Militia members are a cross section of the American people. Many of us have been active in the political realm to voice our opinion to our elected leaders. Our voice has yet to be heard. We come from many backgrounds, not all being military. Everyone is welcomed, and encouraged, to join.

Quotes

"...We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..."
-The Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776

"Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let man label you as they may."
-Mark Twain

"A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world." -George Santayana

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
-Edward Abbey

"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people."
-Abraham Lincoln

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
-Thomas Jefferson

"Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall."
-John Dickinson

"Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it

deserves it."
-Mark Twain

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated."
-Thomas Paine

"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it."
-William Faulkner

"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men."

-Samuel Adams

"The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree."

-Thomas Campbell

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Links to Charters of Freedom

Here is the link to the mastersite where you can view, read, print, and save copies of The Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights, or you can view each individual document in it's entirity, seperately. Also, here is the link to the Kentucky State Constitution, first adopted in 1792, and the latest version that is currently enforced adopted in 1891.

Or click on the picture below to order your copy!