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"Not on Our Watch!"
JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNWERSHIP: America's Most Aggressive Defender of Firearms Ownership
Are You O.K. ?
What We Are Not
We are Not advocating or promoting the overthrow of
any government whether local, state or national.
We want our governments to return to the Constitutional
Republic which the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution defined and instituted.
We are Not advocating or promoting violence towards any organization, group or person.
We are determined to Keep our Oath to support and
defend the Constitution.
We are not advocating or promoting the removal of any person from his or her elected office.
We want all elected persons to live up to their Oath to
"support and defend the Constitution" as it is written or to leave of their own volition.
We are not advocating or promoting that anyone in the Judicial Branch be removed or replaced.
We want the Justices in the Judicial Branch to follow
the Constitution as written without interpretation.
We are not advocating or promoting any particular
form of government other than the Constitutional
Republic which the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution defined and instituted.
We are not advocating or promoting the rewriting of
the Constitution nor are we asking for an Amendment thereto.
We are insisting on the Constitution being Enforced as it is written.
We are Not advocating or promoting any act or acts of aggression against any organization or person for any
reason including, but not limited to; race, religion,
national origin, political affiliation, gender or
sexual orientation.
We hope for a return to a Constitutional Republic free from fear and hatred. We hate only tyranny.
We are Oath Sworn Americans who want the Constitution returned to its legal and rightful place, intact, as the ultimate Law of the Land.
This site is dedicated to the memory of John William Adams (1925-2006), Marine and Oath Keeper extraordinaire.
Now that is what you call stepping up - but he was not alone. And neither are you.
In memory of that sixteen-year-old boy who went to war so long ago and saw things no sixteen year old should ever have to see, and in the hope that his service was not in vain, we dedicate this song:
The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;"
Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"
Co. E 60th Infantry, 9th ID Scouts (Airborne)
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Ten Orders We Will Not Obey
Stewart Rhodes, Founder of Oath Keepers - Speech at Lexington Green, April 19, 2009
OATH KEEPERS:
"Not on Our Watch!"
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OATH KEEPERS: ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY
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1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.
2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people
3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal.
4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state.
5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.
6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.
7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.
8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control.”
9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.
10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
(Read the full declaration here)
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5. Donate to support Oath Keepers. Your donations will go toward efforts to reach, teach, and inspire all who took the oath to be oath keepers.
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Send in text or video - just email us with any questions.
OR,
2. Post your Oath Keeper testimonial as a comment:
You can submit comments here anonymously if you want.
Your testimonial will be used to reach, teach, and inspire other military, veterans, and peace officers.
3. Put your own Oath Keeper testimonial video on Youtube and send us a link or post it in a comment. We'll link to it here and add it to our Youtube favorites: http://www.youtube.com/OathkeepersOK
4. Spread the word! You can forward or repost any article here so long as you give credit and include a link to this site.
5. Donate to support Oath Keepers. Your donations will go toward efforts to reach, teach, and inspire all who took the oath to be oath keepers.
We are in a battle for the hearts and minds of our own troops.
Help us win it.
KEY OATH KEEPER STATEMENTS
ABOUT OATH KEEPERS:
Oath Keepers is an association of currently serving military, veterans, and peace officers who will fulfill the oath we swore to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God.
Our oath is to the Constitution, not to the politicians, and we will not obey unconstitutional (and thus illegal) and immoral orders, such as orders to disarm the American people or to place them under martial law and deprive them of their ancient right to jury trial.
We Oath Keepers have drawn a line in the sand. We will not “just follow orders."
Our motto is “Not on our watch!”
If you, the American people, are forced to once again fight for your liberty in another American Revolution, you will not be alone. We will stand with you.
There is at this time a debate within the ranks of the military regarding their oath. Some mistakenly believe they must follow any order the President issues. But you can rest assured that many others in the military do understand that their loyalty is to the Constitution, and understand what that means.
The mission of Oath Keepers is to vastly increase their numbers. We are in a battle for the hearts and minds of our own troops. To win that battle, Oath Keepers will use written and video testimony of active duty military, veterans (especially combat vets), and peace officers to reach, teach, and inspire our brothers in arms in the military and police to fulfill their oaths and stand as guardians of the Republic.
If you are currently in the military, are a veteran, or are a peace officer, please submit your written and/or video testimony on your oath, so you can help us win that battle for hearts and minds. Your submission may be anonymous.
Guardians of the Republic, fulfill your oath. Join us.
Oath Keepers What We are Not List
What We Are Not
We are Not advocating or promoting the overthrow of
any government whether local, state or national.
We want our governments to return to the Constitutional
Republic which the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution defined and instituted.
We are Not advocating or promoting violence towards any organization, group or person.
We are determined to Keep our Oath to support and
defend the Constitution.
We are not advocating or promoting the removal of any person from his or her elected office.
We want all elected persons to live up to their Oath to
"support and defend the Constitution" as it is written or to leave of their own volition.
We are not advocating or promoting that anyone in the Judicial Branch be removed or replaced.
We want the Justices in the Judicial Branch to follow
the Constitution as written without interpretation.
We are not advocating or promoting any particular
form of government other than the Constitutional
Republic which the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution defined and instituted.
We are not advocating or promoting the rewriting of
the Constitution nor are we asking for an Amendment thereto.
We are insisting on the Constitution being Enforced as it is written.
We are Not advocating or promoting any act or acts of aggression against any organization or person for any
reason including, but not limited to; race, religion,
national origin, political affiliation, gender or
sexual orientation.
We hope for a return to a Constitutional Republic free from fear and hatred. We hate only tyranny.
We are Oath Sworn Americans who want the Constitution returned to its legal and rightful place, intact, as the ultimate Law of the Land.
DEDICATION:
This site is dedicated to the memory of John William Adams (1925-2006), Marine and Oath Keeper extraordinaire.
John Adams, at the age of 16, lied about his age to join the Marines so he could fight against Imperial Japan in the Pacific. His enlistment date was December 10, 1941, just three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor (see below). As a Marine rifleman, he fought the Japanese from island to island, across the pacific, including at Iwo Jima. We may have good men, but we never had better.
Until his death in 2006, he was a dedicated patriot who still took his oath to defend the Republic deadly serious. May God grant you the courage to do likewise.
John Adams, Enlistment Date December 10, 1941
Now that is what you call stepping up - but he was not alone. And neither are you.
Semper Fi
In memory of that sixteen-year-old boy who went to war so long ago and saw things no sixteen year old should ever have to see, and in the hope that his service was not in vain, we dedicate this song:
THE MINSTREL BOY As Sung by the Late Joe Strummer
The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;"
Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"
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Co. E 60th Infantry, 9th ID Scouts (Airborne)
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About Stewart Rhodes;
Stewart is the founder and Director of Oath Keepers. He served as a U.S. Army paratrooper until disabled in a rough terrain parachuting accident during a night jump.
He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul's DC staff.
Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper "Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status" won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.
He is a staff attorney with Jefferson Legal Foundation and has assisted in constitutional litigation in state and federal courts.
Stewart currently writes the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine, and has written for The Warrior, the journal of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College; for www.moreliberty.org; and for JPFO.
Stewart has appeared on several radio shows, was invited to speak at Stanford University on unlawful enemy combatant status, and teaches classes on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
He welcomes e-mail at stewart.Rhodes@aya.yale.edu.
Stewart is the founder and Director of Oath Keepers. He served as a U.S. Army paratrooper until disabled in a rough terrain parachuting accident during a night jump.
He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul's DC staff.
Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper "Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status" won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.
He is a staff attorney with Jefferson Legal Foundation and has assisted in constitutional litigation in state and federal courts.
Stewart currently writes the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine, and has written for The Warrior, the journal of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College; for www.moreliberty.org; and for JPFO.
Stewart has appeared on several radio shows, was invited to speak at Stanford University on unlawful enemy combatant status, and teaches classes on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
He welcomes e-mail at stewart.Rhodes@aya.yale.edu.
20 comments:
Yet it happened in New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina. Guns were forcably removed from people. I would hope the branches of the military can get together and declare they will not obey such an order.
The people doing the confiscations were thugs and bullies. Marines have Honor and took oaths to protect this nation against all enemies... foreign... and domestic.
If someone isn't removed from the office he now illegally holds, I believe a command will be given to confiscate our firearms. It could be gradual, such as the Assault Weapons Ban that has been proposed and which Eric Holder wants. Then it will be illegal searches and seizures, then they'll come for us in the middle of the night. If one step is taken and accomplished, more will follow.
As a non-military person, I cannot express how moved I am by this site and by the military's dedication to this country. You are the true patriots, the defenders of our freedom. We the American people cannot do it without you. We are in a fight for the soul and survival of this Republic, and you who wear or did wear the uniform know exactly what is at stake. Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart.
As somebody already mentioned, it happened in Katina,it can happen again. This poor Marine sergeant is either lying,which I doubt, or diluted. Yes they will try,but it would be a helluva fight.
I would have asked the Marine if in the event of Martial Law being declared and the Constitution suspended would he consider an order to disarm the people as a legal directive?
In my non-military opinion, I would say that since no one is above the law (the Constitution being the supreme law of the land) and that includes the president, Congress and any other governmental agency, a direct order during declared martial law is still illegal. In fact, from what I've read, the Constitution doesn't grant the president executive order privilege anyway and he sure can't use them to usurp the Constitution. I don't think the Framers meant to establish a dictator by some guy trumping up some crisis, then declaring the established laws of the land null and void.
You're a lawyer, right? It's my understanding that neither Congress nor the president can alter, abridge or repeal the Constitution in any way. The only way a change can be made is by a bill passing both the House and the Senate, then going to the states for 3/4 ratification. Can you explain the legalities of martial law and executive orders? Well, if you don't mind, would you explain anything I may have misinterpreted? Thanks.
madmom
i swore my oath, fully aware of what it entailed, and never noticed an expiration date, nor would i have accepted such short term devotion to Liberty for the American people...SUA SPONTE
The Marine Public Affairs Officer never answered the question. Would HE obey orders to confiscate weapons? He only said he didn't see it happening, and hoped it wouldn't happen during his lifetime. Having taken an Oath to support and defend the Constitution, he should have been able to state that he would NEVER violate his Oath. Sadly, he came off sounding like a politician, rather than a Marine.
Granted, he was put in the difficult position of having to reveal his personal opinion, and subject himself to possible retaliation by his superiors. The fact that he was so evasive illustrates that fear of retaliation exists.
Obama, was selected, tutored, groomed, packaged and sold by his Socialist Puppetmasters to 52% of Americans to be the Socialist puppet leader of America. Since Socialism and Communism is Organized Crime on a larger scale. Obama is the Godfather Gone Global
He never said "No".
Well, he answered it better than the National Guard Lt. Col. Hapgood, who just flat out ducked the question when he was asked.
See, that's what worries me. Nobody is coming out and flat out making a declaration that any order that is illegal, contravenes the Constitution, or is detrimental to the safety, and security of the American people will be ignored and the people issuing the orders will be arrested.
Anon said:
"I don't think the Framers meant to establish a dictator by some guy trumping up some crisis, then declaring the established laws of the land null and void.
You're a lawyer, right? It's my understanding that neither Congress nor the president can alter, abridge or repeal the Constitution in any way. The only way a change can be made is by a bill passing both the House and the Senate, then going to the states for 3/4 ratification."
That's right, or by a new constitutional convention.
Nor does the Constitution establish an elected dictatorship, contrary to the assertions of some fake conservatives, such as John Yoo.
As Madison said in the Federalist papers:
"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands ... may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." - James Madison, Federalist No. 47"
And as Madison also pointed out, if men were angels, there would be no need of government, and thus, we cannot count on wise and virtuous men being at the helm. That is why the Constitution limits and divided power, and that is why we also have a Bill of Rights to serve as a further check.
All the assertions of the executive supremacist crowd fly directly in the face of the wisdom and intent of the Founders - such views are far more in line with the thinking of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler - that the state is omnipotent, and the individual is nothing.
About the marine PAO Responding to Gun Confiscation Question: I think he's a coward. When are these guys going to just say "Hell No" to the questions posed to him? If the orders violate the constitution and turn against american's rights then the military should take a bold stand and say Hell No!
But that's just one man's opinion.
Sorry to say I agree with others here who opine that this Marine PAO would obey orders to confiscate guns, or any other illegal order he was given. I do believe he showed his fear of retalitation to be greater than his fear of loss of honor.
Thank you, Stewart, for the reply regarding the executive branch establishing a dictatorship.
I pray our military will continue to discuss this issue and educate their fellow soldiers who aren't as well versed in the limitations the Constitution places on the federal government.
I'm grateful for all of you, our past and present defenders of freedom. May God hold you in His hand, keep watch over your families and grant His merciful protection to this nation.
madmom
That Marine is probably due for a promotion after that performance. Shame on you Mr. I would have expected better from a marine but instead we get a weak kneed politician.
I have never served but will stand by the many who oppose the unconstitutional usurpers of power currently in government. Heres some sites http://www.apostle1.com/daily_news_2006/august2007/08-07-2007-flag.htm
, http://www.barefootsworld.net/usfraud.html , lite reading. How can so many be manipulated by so few?? We give up 1/2 our earnings, suffer inflation, and now finally a total financial meltdown to take as many houses away as possible. Molon Labe
Fantastic...You folks are doing a GREAT JOB!!!
This is a first BIG STEP to getting our Country Back!!! Thankyou
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Jeremiah
The Constitution was written as a negative disposition against American Government, in that the Constitution restricts what American government can and cannot do to sustain individual liberty and limited power within government. Therefore, any time that the government amends or seeks to change the constitution, it must be consistent with the negative intention that keeps government in limited power and size. When government seeks to change or amend the constitution whereby the end result is that American Government is more powerful, intrusive within individual liberty or larger, that in and of itself violates the negative nature of the constitution, thus whatever legislation follows from that reverse intention become null and void. In the same respect, if the Constitution defines what and how American government will operate and said government chooses not to abide by those restrictions, then it is no longer American government, but has become a foreign foe. This then comes down to the fault of those people within government, to those who do not abide by their oath of office, but seek to make a name for them self within the context of service (oxymoron) or to create a new government entirely. How do we stop this disease within our American government?
Hey, I come from Germany and I´m tryin´ to fight the NWO right here! I respect you officers for what you stand for and your action and I wish you the best!
GOD bless YOU!
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