USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Vermont Governor Phil Scott recently signed legislation banning “paramilitary” or Militia activity.
The law prohibits a person from teaching, training, or demonstrating to anyone else the use, application, or making of a firearm, explosive, or incendiary device capable of causing injury or death that will be used in or in furtherance of a civil disorder. It also bans a person from assembling with others for such training, instruction, or practice. Violators could face up to five years in prison, a $50,000 fine, or both.
The problem with this new law’s definition is that it is based on future intent. Who will be determining intent?
Will Vermont residents be subjected to what members of law enforcement think they might do with their training in the future? This law seems to be based on hypothetical actions that haven’t happened yet. How can anyone determine if something “will be used in or in furtherance of a civil disorder?” Remember, this law doesn’t criminalize militia activity, but rather the training that may or may not be used during militia activity. Besides that, who will determine the definition of “civil disorder?”
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I have an acquaintance that teaches small arms handling and best practices to newbies and advanced marksmanship classes to law enforcement. He lives in New Hampshire and he has announced on his social media that Vermont is now off his training circuit. He is working with Sig Sauer in Portsmouth NH for a travel in to get basic handgun and advanced training program for Vermont residents.
He was the armorer at my fist assignment in the military. He did his 20 then retired at 37 where he went to work with the NH state police where he became the small arms re-qualification instructor and retired there at 62. He is the type if he ever fully retires he will be dead in 3 months. He has got to have something to do. He was one of the better armorer's I had in my 21 years in the military. I am leaning hard about going to NH to take that class.
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