I just got a call from The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps: my background check cleared and I am now an official volunteer. I’m not sure what kind of duties I’m going to be asked to perform or where, but I am a believer that someone needs to get off their neither-cheeks and get something done.
I thought it was kind of interesting when I first volunteered: They want a $50.00 application fee to volunteer that is waived if you have a current CCW from your home state. I thought “what the hey, something I can get for free that other people have to pay for,” so I went for it.
On the down side, they don’t have a chapter in Michigan, which they implied when I made out the application, but once I have the membership card, and should my travels take me to Texas, Arizona, or southern California, I can just jump in and go into action…..so to speak. Naturally, my CCW is no good in CA, but I believe in don't ask, don't tell.
They have a strict policy of non-interference and firearms for self defense only, but I can live with that. I’m too old to go chasing ******** through the desert anyway. I'll just don't ask don't tell 'em.
I thought it was kind of interesting when I first volunteered: They want a $50.00 application fee to volunteer that is waived if you have a current CCW from your home state. I thought “what the hey, something I can get for free that other people have to pay for,” so I went for it.
On the down side, they don’t have a chapter in Michigan, which they implied when I made out the application, but once I have the membership card, and should my travels take me to Texas, Arizona, or southern California, I can just jump in and go into action…..so to speak. Naturally, my CCW is no good in CA, but I believe in don't ask, don't tell.
They have a strict policy of non-interference and firearms for self defense only, but I can live with that. I’m too old to go chasing ******** through the desert anyway. I'll just don't ask don't tell 'em.
