1.   People who join citizen militias often believe the government is out of control and armed citizens are needed to prevent federal tyranny.

2.   Berlet also said the region has not experienced the same degree of economic hardship that has spurred people to join militias elsewhere in the country.

3.   But anyone espousing racism or violence cannot join the militias, Turner said.

4.   By happenstance, he joins a militia backed by the revolutionary POUM, which he first hears of on the train to Barcelona.

5.   Custer County Sheriff Al Finley says he talked several residents out of joining the militia.

6.   For about three years as a part of his doctoral dissertation, Akins joined a militia and lived among them as a full-fledged member.

7.   He said he had joined the militia because he was forced to as a student.

8.   People who join militias because they are concerned about issues such as gun control often find themselves drawn into increasingly radical philosophies, they warn.

9.   The settlers of colonial America did not trust standing armies and their early governments often required all white males to arm themselves and join local militias.

10.   There are also numerous reports of police officers and soldiers who have broken ranks and joined the militias in their fight to keep East Timor part of Indonesia.