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Originally Posted by jammies
Serious question - what's the point of being in a militia group and arming yourself if you don't think that you might use those weapons against or in defiance of the government someday? This isn't the 19th century where militia companies were regularly incorporated into the armed forces of a nation when it went to war.
Such groups are labeled as extremists because that is what they are - throwbacks to a time when the rule of law was weak and men followed authority figures who promised local order enforced by gangs of armed men.
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Militia's are meant to be in place to take action if the government abuses its power and harms its' own citizens.....the 2nd amendment is centered around this idea...
WW2 Germany could have used a militia.....
There are militia's in most states and most of them quietly go about their business doing no harm to others. I think most militia members are ex-military types who just get together to shoot some rounds and stay sharp.
Again...it's too bad they will all be smeared by CNN/Fox as violent extremists....when they are just exercising their rights and not harming anyone...
The Hutaree are known amongst the other militia groups as "extremist" and consider themselves separate from them...