As to the rise of armed militia-
Last year at the Albany Veterans' Day parade I  saw  some fellows in tan military uniforms I didn't recognize.  I asked one what unit he was in.
He responded "the defenders."  I asked "who are you protecting us from?"  He responded "the same enemy it's always been."
I asked, "and who is that?"  And he smirked "the government."

Will we see more of them this year at Albany?  Were two-thirds of a million deaths not sufficient for them in our last Civil War?