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hat emerged was not a “movement
early 1994
formation of the Militia of Montana and the Michigan Militia
by 1996 this had increased to “441 armed militias in all 50 states
” in the conventional sense
no national leaders directing militia affairs
nor even a national organization to which all militia members belonged
diverse, decentralized, and, to a large extent, localized collection of groups and individuals with certain shared concerns
three key theme
opposition to gun control
strong belief in the Second Amendment
right of the people to bear arms against the state
rofound distrust of the federal governmen
overstepped its constitutional boundaries
attacking the personal freedoms and liberties
fear that the United States itself is under threat from an international conspiracy attempting to institute a “New World Order
one world government” on the country under the auspices of the United Nations
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