Oath Keepers, Go Home

By Bob Owens

I respect the concept of the Oath Keepers, a group of military, law enforcement, and first responders who have come together to form an organization dedicated to preserving and defending the Constitution, not any given government, political party, or administration. It’s an important distinction not typically taught in today’s schools, where civics classes seem to have largely disappeared. As a symbolic organization it is wonderful to have.

The last time we wrote about the Oath Keepers, it was when a small team of Oath Keepers led by a local law enforcement training instructor sat overwatch in a collection of small businesses and residential apartments during last year’s Ferguson riots. In that scenario, the Oath Keepers were welcomed by business owners, and were in a static, and purely defensive posture that was hard to mischaracterize as being aggressive.

Now, flash forward to 2015.

Another small group of Oath Keepers in full “battle rattle” of AR-15 carbines and pistols, wearing body armor and carrying radios, deployed on the streets of Ferguson on the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Ostensibly, they were there to protect “journalists” from conspiracy theory site Infowars, a claim Infowars denied to Reuters.

The group, led by …read more

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