August 24th, 2009

Experienced LEO Proud To Be An Oath Keeper

american_flag I was a commissioned police officer for 15 years and a serious knee injury took me out of law enforcement. I then started my own contract private security company and was successful at that for 10 years. A death in the family devastated me so much that I sold the assets of this company. I had 30 armed, legally licensed employees and in conjunction with this business I did bounty hunting for 2 years. Currently am a licensed armed Private Investigator.

I have worked as a commissioned deputy sheriff, for court security, and I have worked as a part time bailiff in a Municipal Court. Each time a law enforcement job was worked I proudly took the oath. I am still bound by this oath and will be until the day that I die.

This is “my” America and I will defend her, by any means necessary to restore her to the rule of law and the Constitution.

It is a privilege for me,that you all accepted me to this site and I thank you. As a Bible reading/church going NRA member I will be proud to stand with all of you in the defense of this great nation.

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Layton Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 6:16 am
It is great to have you join us here, and it is very pleasing to see more and more of our front line of defense stepping up and verifying their commitment to the Oath.We look to all of you to draw the line in the sand, so that the rest of us can stand beside you and support you.

To us you are not only a badge# or serial# that is a piece of machinery, but an American and first and formost a Human being that is standing with us in the pursuite of LIBERTY,and FREEDOM for all of us, as a vet, I salute and honor all of you.

Layton
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Robert Gomez (Oklahoma) Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 7:30 am
I too am honored to have someone as yourself with such a distinguished career in law enforcement join our movement to lawfully uphold and defend our constitution.

We shall prevail in this struggle to preserve our freedom and liberties as outlined by our fore fathers.
For the Republic.

Robert Gomez MSgt, USAF (Retired)
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CorbinKale Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Your experience is invaluable. Thanks, for stepping up!
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Mcvet03 Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Welcome my friend, and thank you for standing with us!
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Art Harper Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Good luck on the race.
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Edwin McKinney Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Thank you for your service sir. It is an honor to stand with you in defense and support of our Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!
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D. R. Turner Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Welcome to Oath keepers my friend it is an honor to have you standing with us.Spread the word the lines are being drawn.
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Carlos Clark Says:
August 25th, 2009 at 5:26 am
Very proud to stand with you . God Bless You!
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jim hilton Says:
August 25th, 2009 at 5:32 am
As one LEO to another , it’s an honor to welcome you to Oathkeepers and our just Cause.
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American Freeman Says:
August 25th, 2009 at 8:04 am
By accepting and promoting the label of “LEO” (Law ENFORCEMENT Officer) for sworn peace officers, you undermine the “peace” of your community in favor of the Police State you represent.

How can your fellow civilians be expected to respect you when you assume authority over them and their rights? Keep in mind, the Constitution merely enumerates our rights, it doesn’t grant them.

Americans don’t require licenses (i.e. permission) to exercise their unalienable rights or to pursue their happiness. Subjects of tyrannical overlords do.

In my opinion, the rule of law should NOT fill thousands of volumes or take up miles of shelf space.

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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.

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Click here to read full length version. 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.
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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.

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Founder Stewart Rhodes

He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul’s DC staff.

Stewart previously wrote the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine

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.