Oklahoma Militia

'Is It Scary? Sure It Is' -- Tea Partiers Want Oklahoma Militia

Zachary Roth | April 13, 2010, 3:15PM

State Sen. and gubernatorial candidate Randy Brogdon (R-OK)

Tea Party leaders in Oklahoma have been talking to Republican state legislators about introducing legislation to create a new volunteer militia, designed to protect against what they see as the federal government's infringements on state sovereignty, reports the Associated Press.

"Is it scary? It sure is," Tea Party leader Al Gerhart told the AP. "But when do the states stop rolling over for the federal government?"

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