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We've heard about militias recently.

They've been looming over protests and storming state houses since the early days of the pandemic.

And I'm not gonna lie.

This whole militia thing in America still blows my mind.

I mean, when I first heard there was a group of young men who carried guns around and old dress alike,

I thought, I mean, you can't fool me, that's a gang.

Right? It's a super white gang, but that's a gang.

But my second thought was, usually you only hear about armed militias in countries like Afghanistan or Sudan.

You know?

So, why is this something that is also going on in America?

Well, let's find out why.

In another installment of, if you don't know, now you know.

When you talk about militias in America, you have to start hundreds of years ago.

Although, back then, militias were not different than the ones we're seeing today.

Well-regulated militias were actually quite important to the founders.

They believed they were a bulwark against tyranny.

And they were worried that the big, strong new central government might crush these state military forces.

So what they did is they said, we will have a militia.

All able-bodied residents between certain ages are available to be called forth by the government in defense of the state.

And once called forth, they answer to the government.

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