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Very true, well said.
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what you should do is "friendly it up", something like the Maroon Marching Volunteers, Sons of Nice Moms, Placid Peaceful Paranoids, or Vishnu's Valiant Few. Stand around a few public functions in sarongs giving out flowers and peaceful vibes. Should be enough to show the PTB you are harmless, heck you might even get religious status with the IRS.
Then start making plans
It seems to me that getting our nuclear family on board first, then siblings + parents, friends as close as blood-brothers, and cousins forms a good core. From there, their families as well form yet another layer of who you can trust.
Where I am from, that is a pretty sizeable force of men in the family that could muster at a moments notice and would die for each other 100% and would be there to take care of your kids if you didn't make it 100%. A lot of the farmers and their families around here would be excellent, indispensable allies, because by and large they are moral people, free thinkers, intelligent, with skills, and supplies. It doesn't get much more local than a farmer.
Branching out to other families is good, but think of it like each family network is like a platoon and the "elders" in other families need to step up and lead and ensure communication between platoons. Granted, militias aren't all about guns...and that's why family networks are again a great way to start.
Forming a militia and keeping it orderly is a great goal and worthy of recognition. From my experience, it is a lot easier to approach people you know and trust first to get them squared away and get your group up to speed before you open it to the public.
VN re-enactors group?
problem is CLS have a huge supply chain of meds and tools backing up their training not available to the common man, also the repercussions of making an oopsie under combat conditions are far different than in civi-land, though if one was in a situation where heroic methods were needed the ROL is probably not present but I digress. Without a well stocked pharmacy to supply the needed meds field surgery descends to a Civil War level
Thus the books "Where there is no doctor" and "Where there is no dentist." I have a couple books on primitive surgical techniques, described from an historical interest perspective. Not enough detail to put into practice, even in an emergency. It would be interesting to get some of those Civil War era medical texts and techniques. Combined with modern germ theory and hygiene, they would probably be relatively effective. People weren't any stupider in those days, they simply didn't have as much research and tools to support them.
People weren't any stupider in those days, they simply didn't have as much research and tools to support them.
People were substantially smarter back then. Also hardier, mentally tougher and less full of toxins.