Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts would like to ban private paramilitary activities. He is expressing this desire in a bill that he has introduced in his chamber of the U.S. Congress, S.3589 - Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024, that seeks to make it a crime punishable by a fine or a term of not more than a year in prison for a first offense to:
This looks unconstitutional on its face. It is legal to make a citizen arrest, for example. What about IDPA matches?
This is one reason I have as much respect for the Democrats as I do for the Republicans.