AlwaysRt Posted June 8, 2017 Posted June 8, 2017 20 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said: Here is a news article from 2013 that just points out, even Americans don't seem to realize how many private militias there are on their own soil https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/05/southern-poverty-law-center-militias-gun-control/1964411/ Since this is an older article there could be many more today, or less. Interesting article, my guess would have ended up closer to the 2008 number than 2012 or probably higher now. 1,360 in 2012, up quite a bit from the 149 in 2008, according to the article. I wonder what the average membership is of each group (not enough to research it though). Harder to answer is which are social groups, conspiracy theorists, or possible threats. The subject quickly gets too bulky for typing in a forum vs talking in person. As much as I have commented it is only a fraction and probably would make more sense in uncondensed conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert k Posted June 8, 2017 Posted June 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: Here is a news article from 2013 that just points out, even Americans don't seem to realize how many private militias there are on their own soil https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/05/southern-poverty-law-center-militias-gun-control/1964411/ Since this is an older article there could be many more today, or less. Once again, "private militia" would be a misnomer as a militia is public...unless you are talking about an armed private security firm like Blackwater or something of the sort. USA Today is known for biased reporting and having an agenda. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysRt Posted June 8, 2017 Posted June 8, 2017 5 hours ago, robert k said: Once again, "private militia" would be a misnomer as a militia is public...unless you are talking about an armed private security firm like Blackwater or something of the sort. USA Today is known for biased reporting and having an agenda. I am sure they are using 'militia' to describe 'a group of people with guns'. Focus on the word 'militia' brings to mind 'can't see the forest through the trees'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert k Posted June 8, 2017 Posted June 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, AlwaysRt said: I am sure they are using 'militia' to describe 'a group of people with guns'. Focus on the word 'militia' brings to mind 'can't see the forest through the trees'. But bless their hearts! When people first wanted to ban the AR15 there were less than 700,000 in private hands because they didn't sell well. 700,000 from 1967 to 1990. From 1990 to 2016 8 million sold! It really does pay to advertise. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted June 8, 2017 Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, AlwaysRt said: I am sure they are using 'militia' to describe 'a group of people with guns'. @Gratefuled The opening poster was the one who brought up the idea of a "civilian militia" so lets ask him if he meant "a group of people with guns" or if he meant a "private group of people with guns" or if he meant a "government controlled group of people with guns" or if he meant a "private club/gang/fraternity of people with guns" such as vigilantes? Or was he just stirring the pot as he was having a bored moment that day Edited June 8, 2017 by Dave Hounddriver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysRt Posted June 8, 2017 Posted June 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said: @Gratefuled The opening poster was the one who brought up the idea of a "civilian militia" so lets ask him if he meant "a group of people with guns" or if he meant a "private group of people with guns" or if he meant a "government controlled group of people with guns" or if he meant a "private club/gang/fraternity of people with guns" such as vigilantes? Or was he just stirring the pot as he was having a bored moment that day hahaha, yup. Thus my post a while back saying the topic was too broad and needed to be defined better because each member was commenting based on different interpretations of the topic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reboot Posted June 9, 2017 Posted June 9, 2017 2 hours ago, robert k said: But bless their hearts! When people first wanted to ban the AR15 there were less than 700,000 in private hands because they didn't sell well. 700,000 from 1967 to 1990. From 1990 to 2016 8 million sold! It really does pay to advertise. I've done my part to get those numbers up a bit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert k Posted June 9, 2017 Posted June 9, 2017 9 minutes ago, Reboot said: I've done my part to get those numbers up a bit. I'm not part of the count, I already had different models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Glatt Posted June 9, 2017 Posted June 9, 2017 On 6/7/2017 at 0:42 AM, Jack Peterson said: That my Friend was the point originally, he is not a convicted felon but a Double life guy Good side and Bad Side the Bad had a gun unlicensed now the good side gets a license which the Bad side can use I'm so confused 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted June 9, 2017 Posted June 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, Gerald Glatt said: I'm so confused Don't! be My friend cos it is a load of Hogwash anyway, It ain't never going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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