Well Regulated Militia Related Sites

Other organizations serve to protect various rights in the Constitution and its amendments. The categoritization below is not absolute. Similarly, the list of organizations is far from complete.

We welcome additions of other organizations that mainly serve to preserve the rights of U.S. citizens. Please contact us with your information.

Reference

These sites provide background for our rights.

• U.S. Constitution
  The codification of the specific, enumerated powers of thefederal government, as well as the rights reserved by the people and the individual states.
• Declaration of Independence
  The founding document of our country, explaining how individuals have rights given to them by the Creator, not the government, and as such, the government cannot and should not take them away.
• Frédéric Bastiat's "The Law"
  An exceptional treatise, written in Europe in 1848 just as socialism was the rage in European society. The Law explains how individuals are sovereign and give some of their rights away for collective security and protection of the remainder of the individual rights. When the government veers from that goal it creates a form of legal plunder.

Second Amendment

These organization educate and defend the rights in the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

• National Rifle Association
  While widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world. In 1975, recognizing the critical need for political defense of the Second Amendment, NRA formed the Institute for Legislative Action, or ILA.
• Gun Owners of America
  Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue. GOA says Americans have lost some precious gun rights and want them back. This is why GOA is considered the "no compromise" gun lobby. Over the last 30 years, GOA has built a nationwide network of attorneys to help fight court battles in almost every state in the nation to protect gun owner rights. GOA staff and attorneys have also worked with members of Congress, state legislators and local citizens to protect gun ranges and local gun clubs from closure by overzealous government anti-gun bureaucrats. As an example, GOA fought for and won, the right of gun owners to sue and recover damages from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) for harassment and unlawful seizure of firearms. Associated with GOA are: Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund, Gun Owners of California and Gun Owners Foundation. Gun Owners Foundation is a non-profit, tax-deductible education foundation. It is the research arm of GOA. Among the activities sponsored by GOF are seminars which inform the public, the media and government officials about key issues affecting the Second Amendment. GOF also publishes books and articles concerning gun issues as they affect people throughout the world.
• Second Amendment Foundation
  The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about the U.S. Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. To that end, they carry on many educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate.a
• Georgia Carry
  Georgia Carry (GCO) believes that citizens of Georgia and the United States have the right to own and carry the firearm of their choice for any reason other than to commit a crime. GCO works tirelessly to ensure that the rights of gun owners are not compromised by the Georgia General Assembly, local officials, and those who ostensibly support gun rights while they work behind the scenes to erode liberties. GCO is a 501(c)(4) non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization. GCO works for gun owners, not politicians. They are not interested in "access" or being "inside players." They don't protect or make excuses for politicians who say they are GCO "friends" and then demonstrate otherwise by voting against the GOA.

Other Amendments

These organization educate and defend the rights in many amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

• American Civil Liberties Union
  The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. These rights include: 1) The First Amendment rights - freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion; 2) The right to equal protection under the law - protection against unlawful discrimination; 3) The right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of liberty or property is at stake; 4) The right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into personal and private affairs.
• Bill of Rights Defense Committee
  The Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization working to restore the rule of law and constitutional rights and liberties. They aim to make police and intelligence agencies accountable to citizens, the people whom they serve. BORDC supports an ideologically, politically, ethnically, geographically, and generationally diverse grassroots movement, focused on educating Americans about the erosion of fundamental freedoms; increasing civic participation; and converting concern and outrage into political action.
• Fund for Constitutional Government
  The Fund for Constitutional Government (FCG) is a publicly funded foundation dedicated to exposing and correcting corruption in the United States federal government. FCG accomplishes this work by funding organizations and journalists working to advance and sustain an open and accountable government. FCG is a Section 501(c)(3) organization.

The U.S. Constitution Proper

These organization educate and defend the rights contained in the original text (1787) of the U.S. Constitution.

• Landmark Legal Foundation
  Landmark Legal Foundation (LLF) confronts issues related to the misuse of the taxing power of the government, as well as containing the activism in the judicial branch. It accomplishes its goals by filing lawsuits to correct injustices.
• Bill of Rights Institute
  Bill of Rights Institute's mission is to educate young people about the words and ideas of America's Founders, the liberties granted guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society. It is the goal of the institute to help the next generation understand the freedom and opportunity the Constitution offers.
• Constitutional Rights Foundation
  Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) seeks to instill in our nation's youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in our society. CRF is dedicated to assuring our country's future by investing in our youth today.
• Judicial Watch
  Judicial Watch is a non-partisan educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. Through its educational endeavors, Judicial Watch advocates high standards of ethics and morality in our nation's public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. Judicial Watch fulfills its educational mission through litigation, investigations, and public outreach. The motto of Judicial Watch is "Because no one is above the law". To this end, Judicial Watch uses the open records or freedom of information laws and other tools to investigate and uncover misconduct by government officials and litigation to hold to account politicians and public officials who engage in corrupt activities. in WRM's view, misconduct by officials of the government imposes a degree of tyranny on each of us. This tyranny erodes our rights.
• Concord Coalition
  The Concord Coalition is a nationwide, non-partisan, grassroots organization advocating generationally responsible fiscal policy. The Concord Coalition is dedicated to educating the public about the causes and consequences of federal budget deficits, the long-term challenges facing America's unsustainable entitlement programs, and how to build a sound economy for future generations. Why is this a "rights" organization? Because WRM believes that the accumulation of debt, as well as federal spending beyond the intentions of the founders, means that collective property of all citizens is being wasted, and the debt is a forward tax on our children and their descendants.