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Article: Weekend warriors: is the militia movement a threat?
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- National Review
- Article date:
- May 29, 1995
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The militias claim to draw on venerable tradition, and they are fueled by anger about government abuses. Are they modern-day Minutemen? Harmless nuts? Or private armies spoiling for a fight?
Mr. Bock, senior columnist for the Orange County Register, is the author of Ambush at Ruby Ridge, forthcoming from Dickens Press.
BEFORE the bombing in Oklahoma City the "citizens' militias" that have cropped up throughout the country in recent years had a reputation as harmless nuts with a penchant for paranoia and kooky conspiracy theories. Now they are widely seen as a serious threat to public order and safety.
The transformation from wacky to dangerous was ...