Militia group invades Middlefield, Ohio

[THE CORONER]

Residents fear the worst ofcourse.... Here's the story:

MIDDLEFIED -- Imagine military training right outside the front door of your home.


The training is for a newly formed "militia group" and it's scheduled in a Middlefield neighborhood next month.

They call themselves the Geauga County Home Guard, the third division of the Ohio Defense Force Home Guard.

What the group printed in these flyers and placed in the mailboxes of residents living on Swine Creek Road isn't exactly instilling confidence. It is scaring some to death.

Middlefield is known for it's old world culture, scenic views and peaceful living.

Lacy Fair, the single mother of Anna and four-year-old Emerald, says her serenity is about to be interrupted by militia training just two doors down.

"I don't want to be a part of this and it's in my neighborhood," Fair said.

Fair and other residents of Swine Creek Road found notices in their mailboxes Tuesday.

They read, on April 17th, armed and uniformed civilians, citizen soldiers will perform military exercises including live fire weapons training.

"You got to be kidding me and what about my kids?" Fair asked.

All this is happening at the home of new neighbor Brandon Drabek, who is also the spokesman to the Ohio Defense Home Guard.

Drabek was not home at the time and declined an on-camera interview.

The Home Guard spokesman says his organization is a militia that is pro-government.

The training is to back up the Ohio National Guard in case of emergency, Drabek said.

For a pro government organization, they are clearly anti-gun control. On Home Guard's website and another linked site, you find plenty of Second Amendment rhetoric.

"They love their guns and I love my kids," Fair said.

Fair and other neighbors are concerned with the images their kids may be subject to during training exercises, but more importantly, the possibility of a stray bullet.


© 2009 WKYC-TV

[Pathfinder]

Let me guess, AP wire story?

"What about the kids?" - gun grabbers always make it about the kids. One of our local politicians started doing that, issue was sidewalks and our having to pay for new ones in the new part of town and the older parts - where the City Council lived - did not have to put them in. Her comment was about the safety of the children in our neighborhood - conveniently not mentioning about the children in her neighborhood. Shut her down completely when I pointed that out - and then denounced all politicians who hide arbitrary gummint mandates and force behind children.

[fightingquaker13]

Sounds like bunch of rocket scientists to me. Alienate the neighbors and make them think that anyone with an assault rifle is a rambo wannabe or a crazed militia nut job. The part about "live fire excersizes" in a neighborhood, as oppsed to say renting someones farm for the weekend, is a nice touch. Thanks guys, really, I mean it. Please give an address so I can show you how much I appreciate your help.
fughtingquaker13

[THE CORONER]

Sounds like bunch of rocket scientists to me. Alienate the neighbors and make them think that anyone with an assault rifle is a rambo wannabe or a crazed militia nut job. The part about "live fire excersizes" in a neighborhood, as oppsed to say renting someones farm for the weekend, is a nice touch. Thanks guys, really, I mean it. Please give an address so I can show you how much I appreciate your help.
fughtingquaker13

Here ya go:
http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=109740&catid=3

[tombogan03884]

The article does not mention the population density in this "neighborhood".

"Middlefield is known for it's old world culture, scenic views and peaceful living."

Sounds to me like it could very well BE happening on a farm and they are just letting the neighbors know what all the gun fire will be about.

"Fair and other neighbors are concerned with the images their kids may be subject to during training exercises,"

Seeing civilians training to protect their community and neighbors sets such a terrible precedent ?
Many States have "Home Guard" units, they are provided for by law. These units were responsible for a surprising amount of our security operations during WWII but fell out of popularity during the "Me" generations.
Their purpose is Civil defense and augmentation of the National Guard and they place themselves under the command of the state Governor.

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[fightingquaker13]

Here ya go:
http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=109740&catid=3

The original news article didn't mention thet that the area was rural or abutted a state park. How odd. I'll rteract most of my comments, but the guy does need towork on his pr skills.
fightingquaker13

[tombogan03884]

The original mews article mention thet tharea was rural or abutted a state park. How odd. I'll rtract most of my comments, but the guy does need towork on his pr skille
fightingquaker13

No, the treasonous socialists need to quit slanting stories to advance their anti American agenda.

[tumblebug]

 TOUCHE Tom

[THE CORONER]

From what I understand about the original television report.  They made the militia group cast as if they were some sort of hate group instead of a home guard, or national guard support militia.  The news report gave off a feeling of being invaded.  Also, the host of this training event, and landowner participates in civil war re-enactments, and is taking a beating as a war mongering, gun toting, cowboy.  I don't see how being a re-enactment participant has any relevancy to the notice given to training exercises anyways? 

I think the guy was being a good neighbor by letting them know when and where this event was going to happen.  As far as the news report goes; I didn't, as many others take much appreciation in the portrayal of this landowner before he even had a chance to tell his story.  Not that I would have, after the way he's been treated thus far.  Apparently by all accounts of the Geauga Co. Sheriff's Office; he's not broken any laws, and has the same rights as the people complaining about him.  I say good for him.  Maybe my buddies and I will ride our motor scooters out there and give the home guard a home guard, while they train?  Na, my wife won't let me anyways!  Ain't it peculiar how women sometimes have the ability to take the "patriot" right out of a fella?  Thanks for everyone's replys. 

[Rastus]

..................  Na, my wife won't let me anyways!  Ain't it peculiar how women sometimes have the ability to take the "patriot" right out of a fella?  Thanks for everyone's replys. 

Do you guys reckon' we'd have the idiot president we have if it weren't for women voters?  There, I said it and I don't care.  Guys, ya'll need to cinch up on that sack.  Even my wife says, with disgust I might add, that most women walk on their husbands....and who's fault would that be.

And I don't give a rat's behind what some willy-nilly, scared, do-gooder woman thinks.  Don't give them the time of day if they try to tell you what to do...tell 'em to move over there's a man around to run things now they've got nothing to worry about.

Cinch 'em up boys.