Please stop conflating different American contexts for the word "militia;" it just creates confusion for people.
"Stanford’s Greg Ablavsky on Law and the History of American Militias"
law.stanford.edu/2020/10/12/sta…
"Stanford’s Greg Ablavsky on Law and the History of American Militias"
law.stanford.edu/2020/10/12/sta…
There are three main contexts involving armed groups in which the word "militia" is used.
1. The historical/legal/statutory militia, which is referred to as "the militia," not as "militias." I simplify, but today it is basically the National Guard.
2. "Militias" as a *generic*
1. The historical/legal/statutory militia, which is referred to as "the militia," not as "militias." I simplify, but today it is basically the National Guard.
2. "Militias" as a *generic*
term for any non-actual-military armed group, particularly ones with a paramilitary bent to them (such as foreign examples like Shi'ite militias or Druse militias).
3. Paramilitary groups within the militia movement, a specific right-wing anti-government extremist movement.
3. Paramilitary groups within the militia movement, a specific right-wing anti-government extremist movement.
Groups in category 3 are also in category 2. Neither groups in categories 2 or 3 are in category 1, though sometimes some claim to be.
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