[You Dirty Rats]

Private citizens have no business bearing arms and deciding to become law enforcement -- particularly since the illegals crossing the border are not shooting their way in.

You are so off base on with those two statements I'm amazed that you are able to stand upright at all.

I can't stand upright because I'm doubled up with laughter at all of the ridiculous statements on this thread.

Look, if people's lives are so drama-less that they want to play cowboys and banditos in the Southwest, I guess there's no way to stop 'em. But I'm not going to take seriesly the claims of some that they need firearms for protection from those crossing the border. The claim that this is an armed invasion -- as if the Wehrmacht has crossed the border headed for Paris -- is just not credible and not believed by the vast majority of the electorate.

All it will take is one nut or trigger-happy fool shooting some illegal in the desert to discredit the entire campaign against illegal immigration. It's not worth it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The claim that this is an armed invasion -- as if the Wehrmacht has crossed the border headed for Paris -- is just not credible and not believed by the vast majority of the electorate.

While that is true, it is not the issue.

What is the issue is that there HAVE been home break-ins, rapes, murders and general thuggery by illegal immigrants and border crossers (some armed) and there is no reason these people should have to stand for that.
They have the right to keep and bear arms as well as the right to protect their lives and property. You may not like it but they have the right. 'Militia' does not mean the local constabulary nor the United States Armed Forces. It means us. The rest....and we will defend or G-d given rights against all interlopers.

The Minutemen may have some yahoos in their midst but on the whole they are doing the right thing.