Militias by statute are under the authority of a state's governor. If they aren't under the governor's authority, they are not militias. They might be a gun clu

Militias by statute are under the authority of a state's governor. If they aren't under the governor's authority, they are not militias. They might be a gun club if non-violent. If violent, they're an armed gang or a crime syndicate. And certainly they aren't "well regulated" militias if they don't have the sanction of a state's governor. It's also sedition to attempt a violent overthrow of a state government or the federal government. The U.S. doesn't have a domestic terrorism statute, so they can't be called terrorists in the legal sense, but domestic violent extremists, which is the term DHS and FBI use.