Community Self Defense

Col James M. Montgomery: Prepare your men to light torches and fire the town.
Col Robert Gould Shaw: I will not!
--Glory

A while back we noted a group called the Oath Keepers, a group of former and current law enforcement, military, and associated personnel that has sworn to uphold the Constitution even if told to do differently by authorities.

The Oath Keepers are currently in the news for voluntarily guarding businesses in Ferguson.

As government-run institutions prove ineffective in securing person and property against aggression, voluntary organization aimed to providing such security should naturally increase.

Push back by government institutions and their supporters, such as that being exerted against the Oath Keepers in Ferguson, should also be expected. As a form of competition, community self-defense threatens those who benefit from government-run "security" institutions. By protecting innocent people from harm, groups such as the Oath Keepers guard against chaos that drives many people to trade liberty for some modicum of safety.

Because statists depend on such chaos, they will challenge community self defense organizations who seek to prevent it.