'Evil this way comes': Michigan Militia founders try to rally Alaskans

Link: The Redoubt Reporter -- Michigan Militia co-founder Norm Olson -- now living in Nikiski -- says he was disappointed in the turnout last week for his how-to meeting on forming an Alaska militia. About 20 people showed up, some of whom participated in an open-carry firearms walk in Soldotna last spring. He and his Michigan partner Ray Southwell, also living in Nikiski, told the group Alaskans should be afraid of an impending world calamity. "We're looking at catastrophe just a couple months away -- economic collapse, food shortages around the world, prices in stores are gonna go skyrocketing with this inflation -- so there are people right now that are very uneasy. They may not want to admit it, but they have no place to turn," Olson said. A local militia, he said, would be sort of like a "grandiose" neighborhood-watch program. He and Southwell, both clad in military-style camouflage, said they plan to continue trying to rally Alaskans around the militia concept. Olson moved to Nikiski a few years ago, saying Alaskans would be more receptive to his concepts of freedom. In 1995, he and Southwell resigned their leadership positions in the Michigan Militia under pressure after claiming the Japanese were behind the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.

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