Hawaii already has a militia. It's the national guard.
The National Guard is not a militia. There's no way that the National Guard, paid by the federal government, occupying property leased to the federal government, using weapons owned by the federal government, punishing trespassers under federal law, is a state militia. Real militias are the ones you hear about getting their compounds raided in Idaho. They're probably mostly deserving of this treatment, but then again, you have to wonder if maybe they weren't so crazy as Big Brother and the media made them out to be.
"John Doe, leader of the local domestic terror cell "The Hawaiian Militia", was killed today in an early-morning raid of his compound by officers from the ATF. In the compound, which was surrounded by chain-link fencing, complete with surveillance cameras, motion sensor perimeter lights, and a large attack dog, agents uncovered a massive stockpile of weapons and bomb-making materials. Seized in the raid were two M4-style assault rifles, an AK-47, a large-caliber sniper rifle, and numerous automatic pistols, including a Glock 19, the same pistol used by mass murderer Jared Loughner. The exact type of bomb-making paraphanelia is not being disclosed, but an ATF spokesperson said there was a large quantity of a chemical called "HS-6", which is the same type of explosive used to fire military artillery shells. Various right-wing books and pamphlets were found, in addition to the US military field manuals on survival, escape, resistance and evasion; combat trauma medicine; and the M-16 assault rifle."
Wow, good thing we got rid of that crazy bastard, eh? In reality, the guy I'm picturing in my head had a six foot chainlink fence to contain his exuberant German Shepard, some basic home security items, a decent but not overly large gun collection, and a reloading hobby. He also had copies of books by Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and Rush Limbaugh, as well as some NRA mailers. His "compound" was any house with a decent yard. I'm not saying that ALL militias are upstanding, good guys that I'd want to hang out with, but I take any media or government report on anything to do with guns with a grain of salt. Maybe they're right-wing neo-Nazis, or maybe they're just right-wingers, and Dan Rather decided that since Nazism is on the right hand side of the political spectrum, it would be a safe bet to say that they're Nazis. Who's going to question him? Everybody knows those gun owners are nucking futs, Mr. Rather and Co. have been telling us that for years!