re: Va Gov considers nationalizing the National Guard to enforce gun control.

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The national guard swears an oath to the United States not an individual state.

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This is not entirely accurate. Until the President of the United States nationalizes those units, they fall under the purview of the individual governors. Legally speaking, the Virginia state government can indeed use the Virginia National Guard for the purposes of law and order.

Here's the rub...how many of them would actually agree to enforce what the Virginia state legislature is proposing? And with a Republican president in the White House, it's not beyond reason that he would nationalize Virginia's Guard units to prevent the governor from violating the Second Amendment rights of Virginians.

You might want to look at the oath of enlistment for the national guard. You will obey the orders of the President and the governor.

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The national guard swears an oath to the United States not an individual state

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They swear to uphold the Constitution