Moscow and Michigan

The horrific Moscow subway bombings are a wake up call to some who may have forgotten the authentic threat of jihad with worldwide tentacles that have spilled innocent blood in Bali, in China, in Thailand, in the Philippines, Madrid, London, New York, on the Indian subcontinent, and across the African continent into the Middle East. I am quite a bit less worried about supposed "armed Christian militias" as were allegedly plotting in Michigan (and Ohio and Indiana). In the late 1960s, radicals in the United States claimed agent provocateurs, law enforcement members or confidential informants often in the employ of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had prompted them to plan, attempt, or commit criminal acts. Maybe, those detained in the militia roundup may have been truly dangerous would be or even soon to be terrorists, or perhaps, they were merely caught in a web spun by the FBI. They may be fantasists with more guns than many citizens own, but unless those weapons were altered to fire in full automatic mode illegally or owned without the owner going through the requisite background check and paying the BATF Class III (three) tax, if the guns are full automatic, there is no offense in owning legally-obtained firearms. Were the suspects making bombs (which would be against the law)? Let the government produce the evidence. There are some people who manufacture explosives as a bizarre hobby but who have no intention of doing anything but setting them off in the woods and not directing them against any person, including law enforcement. Maybe, the Michiganders in custody are dangerous, but we must not be distracted from the real threat of those acting for the cause of world jihad that has spilled much real blood the world over.