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Some of these guys have their hearts in the right place, but their methods can vary. Some are really out in left field - watching the sky for black helicopters and drones and acting like U.S. Army tanks will be rolling across their front lawns at any moment. Some of them are pretty much "playing soldier," while others actually get into some pretty serious military-based training, e.g. escape and avoidance, ambush responses, fire teams, navigation, etc.

I can't say it's all that bad for somebody to get at least a basic grounding in these kinds of skills. In a real a problem arises scenario such as economic collapse, national power grid failure, wide-scale civil unrest (i.e. Katrina or Rodney King riots X 1,000), I can personally guarantee that you will NOT be able to sit back and wait for the "Texas State Guard" to come to your aid. In 2008, the congressional EMP Commission reported that in the event of a nationwide power grid failure, 90% of the population would be dead within 2 years, which is probably true, and there are a number of events that could throw us back to the 1700s in a few seconds. People who don't have the right skills and the right resources are destined to be in that 90%.

Far be it from me to be a foil-hat alarmist, but I find virtually none of these "militias" being concerned about such events. Instead, their focus is almost entirely on rising up and fighting an oppressive government, which in my opinion is the least of our worries. That being said, I have no interest in them.