It's really odd that I find myself feeling this way, but lately (last couple of years), I've been feeling more afraid of the US government than of the militia movement. I used to know people who were interested in (although not directly involved with) the militia movement. I thought they were all crackpots and gun nuts, and they scared me. (I lived in an area with an active militia movement at the time.) But these days I find myself feeling less afraid of them than of my own government.