§ 30-12-7. Unauthorized military organizations or parades — Revocation of authority.
(a) No body of persons, other than the national guard, the independent chartered military
organizations, the unorganized militia on active duty, the military and naval forces
and air force of the United States, associations wholly composed of soldiers, sailors,
marines, or air persons, honorably discharged from the service of the United States,
veterans of the national guard or naval militia, the organization of the Order of
the Sons of Veterans, and organizations now or hereafter authorized to do so by the
express permission of the governor or otherwise by l
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§ 30-12-7. Unauthorized military organizations or parades — Revocation of authority.
(a) No body of persons, other than the national guard, the independent chartered military
organizations, the unorganized militia on active duty, the military and naval forces
and air force of the United States, associations wholly composed of soldiers, sailors,
marines, or air persons, honorably discharged from the service of the United States,
veterans of the national guard or naval militia, the organization of the Order of
the Sons of Veterans, and organizations now or hereafter authorized to do so by the
express permission of the governor or otherwise by law, shall associate themselves
together as a military company or organization, or parade in public with firearms
in any city or town of this state.
(b) No city or town shall raise or appropriate any money toward arming or equipping, uniforming,
or in any other way supporting, sustaining, or providing drill rooms or armories for
any body described in subsection (a). This section shall not be construed to prevent
any organization, now authorized to do so by the express permission of the governor
or otherwise, by law, from parading with firearms, nor to prevent drills or parades
by the national guard of any other state. The governor may at any time revoke the
permission granted by himself or herself or any previous governor to any organization
or body of persons to associate themselves together as a military company or meet
as a military company for drill with arms, or parade in public as a military company
with arms. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor.