Residents of Amherst County in Virginia lined up to volunteer at a militia muster call on Saturday, March 7. The crowd of “able-bodied residents of the Commonwealth” exercised their right to organize in case the full militia as defined under Virginia Code 44-1 is ever required to defend constitutional rights and liberties.

Floyd, Bedford and Campbell Counties have also recently held militia musters and the movement appears to be picking up steam.

Unorganized militias are widely viewed as a natural extension of the “Second Amendment Sanctuary” movement and are expected to increase in numbers as new gun-control measures become law.

Bedford County Commonwealth's Attorney Wes Nance said the organizers of his county's muster “are exercising their First Amendment right to freedom of speech, they're exercising their Constitutional right to assemble, and they're exercising their Constitutional right to possess and bear arms.”

Virginia has recently been at the epicenter of the fight to protect the rights of individuals to keep and bear arms. In January, thousands of Second Amendment supporters flooded the capital city of Richmond for Virginia's "Lobby Day" rally in a show of force that packed Capitol Square.

Amherst County residents have gathered today for a militia muster call. @ABC13News pic.twitter.com/zpjyTsD5rW — Brhett Vickery (@BrhettVickery) March 7, 2020

Here’s an example of what a militia muster call sign-up sheet looks like. @ABC13News pic.twitter.com/qwSxPjrDUN — Brhett Vickery (@BrhettVickery) March 7, 2020