Sentence examples for citizens defense from inspiring English sources

It is "citizens' defense groups," not Russian forces, who have seized infrastructure and military facilities in Crimea.

From its inception the Federal Armed Forces was envisioned as a citizens' defense force, decisively under civilian control through the Bundestag, and its officers and soldiers trained to be mindful of the role of the military in a democracy.

We see concerned moms in Colorado protesting grocery giant Kroger's acceptance of open carry laws, but also a group interview Couric conducts with a citizens' defense league of normal-looking people who truly think the government can't wait to take away their firearms.

More than 60,000 new malicious software programs or variations are identified every day, "threatening our security, our economy and our citizens," Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Thursday in a statement.

Another 100,000 of those older rifles and several thousand army-issue handguns are in the possession of private citizens, the defense department said.

Asked about the wall, an official minder said the bank needed protection because the government had by now armed so many citizens for defense against the rebels — suggesting, perhaps inadvertently, that the newly armed citizens, many from poor neighborhoods known for strong support of Qaddafi, might themselves be a source of instability.

Every spring it holds a national Empty Holster Protest "symbolizing that disarming all law-abiding citizens creates defense-free zones, which are attractive targets for criminals".

Couch wants to regain his privacy "so he may focus on successfully completing his community supervision and going forward as a law-abiding citizen," the defense lawyers added.

It's owned by the event's organizer, Tommy Frenck, an NPD politician famous for founding a "citizen's defense" group and organizing torchlit marches through his hometown of Schleusingen, about six miles away.

Citizen Self-Defense Walking Stick: BAD.

Salgado was one of the highest profile figures in a movement of citizen self-defense militias that sprung up in the southern state of Guerrero in 2012, and a year later in the neighbouring state of Michoacán.