Since neither local police forces nor county sheriffs seem willing to provide such training, free men have the right to train themselves. There is some merit in this argument since most militia training seems to consist of basic familiarity with firearms, land navigation, working with larger groups, etc. But modern militias also seem to share an extreme sense of paranoia. They are not just training to provide a pool of highly skilled individuals, ready, able and willing to support lawful authority against enemies, foreign and domestic. For many of these people, the enemy is the lawfully appointed government of the United States.
Conspiracy buffs abound in the militia movement.
Fear of the One World Order, the U.N. and the supposed sell-out of the Constitution to foreign enemies by the Federal government play a prominent role in modern militia propaganda. Therefore such autonomous militias do not stand within the framework of historic Christian orthodoxy or the American system of government. They are not raised by local authorities, but by individuals. They are thus, in essence, a revolutionary army, owing allegiance to no one, accountable to no one, except their own leaders. Yes, I know, they claim they only want to protect and support the Constitution.