--- title: Wyoming State Guard - Wyoming Liberty Group - Wyoming Liberty Group description: Wyoming Liberty Group, a 501c3, founded in 2008 with the purpose of inviting citizens to prepare for informed, active and confident involvement in local and sta canonical_url: https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-state-guard language: en-GB notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-state-guard. markdown-tokens: 296 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/wyoming-state-guard. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1439/b2ap3_medium_Guest-Blog-Bill-Tallen_01.jpg) by Bill Tallen - Cody, Wyoming - (505) 352-4863 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND It is important to begin this discussion with a recognition of the legal and constitutional definitions of the militia – what it is, and what it is not, and its historical basis. State militias date back to colonial times, and are firmly established in the U.S. Constitution...