@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:rightwing Michigan Militia. You belong to that club??
No. Back around 1994 when I first heard about a new really aggressive pro-gun-rights group, my first thought was "These sound like the guys for me."
But then I heard them interviewed on local TV about how if there was another Waco siege they'd come in from the outside and pick off federal agents with sniper rifles, and I thought, "Gosh, if I join these guys I'll end up either dead or in prison." So I never had anything to do with them.
Back when I lived more in a semi-wilderness area instead of the open farmland that I do now, I once passed through a small village that is said to be a militia stronghold. There was a pickup truck there that had no normal paint job, but instead military camouflage applied with spray paint, and badly done so that I saw as much bare metal as I did paint. The truck was so heavily rusted that it looked like the entire frame was about to disintegrate. Parts of the truck were skewed at wrong angles. The truck had no license plate. There were two bearded guys in solid green military outfits in the truck and they both looked exactly like Fidel Castro. I made eye contact with one, and the expression on my face must have given him offense because his eyes started bulging at me. I looked away and didn't look back.
I presume they were militia people, but I really have no idea.