Topic: North Idaho militia group in the news

[9Shooter]

Saw this posted at OCDO.  The original post at ABC has video as well.

They are not police officers. They are not active-duty soldiers. But what a group of weekend warriors is doing with guns in the woods not far from the Canadian border is perfectly legal.

"Nightline" visited a recent Saturday training session of the 21st Battalion of North Idaho's Lightfoot Militia -- a heavily armed force that, we're told, numbers more than 100. Just about a dozen showed up on the Saturday we did.

Along with an awful lot of shooting, they learn survival skills and take first-aid lessons from one of their members, who's also a firefighter.

Watch the full story tonight on "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m. ET

Their leader is "Major" Jeff Stankiewicz, an unemployed welder with zero military experience.

"The government should be afraid of its people so that it doesn't do stuff it's not supposed to do," Stankiewicz told "Nightline." "It would make them think twice."

Randall Klein is one of the newest members of the militia. He joined about a month ago after losing his job.

We asked Klein what he's worried about.

"It's not about Barack Obama, but certainly he's gotten me worried and not just him... Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the rest," said Klein. "I mean, obviously to me, they want to become dictators of the United States. I think that's why they are going on this health care kick and probably trying to bankrupt the country, so they can do their socialist totalitarian dictatorship."

These men -- and a few women -- are the new faces of this country's militia movement. Their numbers have exploded in the past year. Some chalk it up to the recession. Others say the surge in militias is largely because of the election of the first black president.

Those who track militias say they all but disappeared over the last decade. The militias of the 1990s were inspired by the 1992 standoff at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in which federal agents shot and killed the wife of white supremacist Randy Weaver; and by the government's 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, in which 80 people were killed, including 20 children.

Timothy McVeigh said both events inspired his 1995 attack on the Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people were killed. McVeigh's co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, was a member of a Michigan militia.

Hit the link above for the full story.

[neby98]

http://www.northidaho21lightfoot.org

After watching the video, I checked out their website.

[e11charlie]

Is this the only militia in Idaho?  I would think there would be more.

[9Shooter]

Is this the only militia in Idaho?  I would think there would be more.

There's more.  This is the third one I've heard of for sure.  I can't find the web sites for them but I've seen them in the past.  One other one is called Idaho Citizens Constitutional Militia but their site is no longer active.

[neby98]

e11 you could always start your own. lol

[e11charlie]

e11 you could always start your own. lol

Well I do have a partial major of North American Dictator why not.  The ICCM was bad juju made the legit ones look like asses.  They were talking about cleansing and shit like that.

[GrayWolf]

There probably are more militias in Idaho, it's just that they may not have a website. Having a website obviously means they can be tracked.

[TrooperBrian]

There's more.  This is the third one I've heard of for sure.  I can't find the web sites for them but I've seen them in the past.  One other one is called Idaho Citizens Constitutional Militia but their site is no longer active.

What's the difference? Looks like the same chimpanzees designed both websites.

[technique]

Well hot damn, boys.....thems got "standards"! Required reading and stuff! If yuns can read, a reader will be appointed to you!

LOL!

[ponder]

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE IDAHO STATE MILITIA?

The answers may suprise you.

Before you answer, read the Idaho Constitution Article 14 and Idaho Statutes Title 46.

[Rhino]

Looking at that site really worries me. And seeing the pictures of them and how the mock the Military photo's.....What would happen if an individual got together a Militia based on All Military(Veteran) and LEO members and the SHTF, and you ran into these guys. I wouldn't want to see the outcome. I guess i just can't put it on text, but i don't think it would be pretty. I shouldn't even be typing this...If your confused PM me and i'll take you out to coffee and we can talk...

[JollyRoger]

Lightfoot Militia???  Bah! 

Rhino; No doubt about it, these guys would be steaming piles of free pick up ammo, weapons and surplus uniforms.

Also, great job on using a Mil-Spec Monkey designed patch for your unit rather than designing your own.



Edited because sometimes I come off as an insensitive meanie. 

[technique]

Also, great job on using a Mil-Spec Monkey designed patch for your unit rather than designing your own.

That was my thought exactly...
The page looks like a preteen airsofter's myspace page.

[Rhino]

Yeah JollyRoger, we could just tell everyone we got a Mobile Surplus Unit running around northern Idaho. "Anytime your up there, just stop on by, all it will cost you is a box o'reloads" LMFAO!!

[Jim]

I haven't seen the video yet (phones not compatable) but just reading the qoutes is probably enough...I suppose if I was going to start a militia I wouldn't  want to look like too much of a threat, its never a bad thing to have your opposition underestimate you. I'm sure that if only a dozen out of a hundred showed up it's gotta be cuz the other 88 are stone cold professionals. Yeah, a deception op for the media, thats it...