mamooth
Diamond Member
Militias should always remember that the Posse Comitatus Act (forbidding the use of military for law enforcement) does not apply to armed insurrections against the federal government. Article I, Section 8 specifically grants the power "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;". Keyword being "suppress insurrections". If an armed group refuses to accept the authority of the federal government, the Feds are constitutionally authorized to hit 'em with a drone strike.
That's not the smartest tactic to start with, being one shouldn't create martyrs and put innocents at risk unnecessarily, but it is constitutionally allowable. The Rambos need to get it through their heads that sitting in the desert with a rifle is only scaring the locals, not the feds.
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That would be Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution. You appear to be unfamiliar with the document.