Yes Sir! And for those who haven't seen it
here is the relevant Federal law....
Each state has either anti-paramilitary, or anti-militas laws on the books post civil war. Some have both. For example The state I live in this is the official law of the land here:
-Alabama. ALA. CODE s 31-2-125-
Quoted from:
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/alcode/31/2/31-2-125
Any two or more persons, whether with or without uniform, who associate, assemble or congregate together by or under any name in a military capacity for the purpose of drilling, parading or marching at any time or place or otherwise take up or bear arms in any such capacity without authority of the Governor, must, on conviction, be fined not more than $1,000.00. This section does not apply to any school or college where military training and instruction is given under the provisions of state or federal laws, nor to the order of Knights of Templar, Knights of Pythias, Patriarchs Militant or Uniform Rank Woodmen of the World.
(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §176; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §126.)
I believe you about those state laws regarding militias but how often are people arrested, charged and convicted unless they are doing something stupid like manufacturing automatic weapons, bombs, grenades and so on? I have never heard of a law enforcement raid on any militia for gathering to drill, parade or otherwise train.
2nd Alabama Militia, Co. A seems to have been around for more than five years and have a web site. They don't seem to be concerned about violating the law. Maybe they operate in a way that doesn't violate any laws.
Here is a list I found regarding laws against militias. I can't say if it is accurate but here it is...
States with Both Anti-Militia and Anti-Paramilitary Training Laws (7)
-Florida. FLA. STAT. ANN. ch. 870.06, 790.29.
-Georgia. GA. CODE ANN. ss 38-2-277, 16-11-150 to -152.
-Idaho. IDAHO CODE ss 46-802, 18-8101 to -8105.
-Illinois. ILL. REV. STAT. ch. 1805, para. 94-95.
-New York. N.Y. MIL. LAW s 240.
-North Carolina. N.C. GEN. STAT. ss 127A-151, 14-288.20.
-Rhode Island. R.I. GEN. LAWS ss 30-12-7, 11-55-1 to -3.
States with Anti-Militia Laws Only (17)
-Alabama. ALA. CODE s 31-2-125.
-Arizona. ARIZ. REV. STAT. ANN. s 26-123.
-Iowa. IOWA CODE s 29A.31.
-Kansas. KAN. STAT. ANN. s 48-203.
-Kentucky. KY. REV. STAT. ANN. s 38.440.
-Maine. ME. REV. STAT. ANN. tit. 37-B, s 342.2.
-Maryland. MD. CODE ANN. art. 65, s 35.
-Massachusetts. MASS. GEN. L. ch. 33, s 129-132.
-Minnesota. MINN. STAT. s 624.61.
-Mississippi. MISS. CODE ANN. $ 33-1-31.
-Nevada. NEV. REV. STAT. s 203-080.
-New Hampshire. N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. s 111:15.
-North Dakota. N.D. CENT. CODE s 37-01-21.
-Texas. TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. s 431.010.
-Washington. WASH. REV. CODE s 38.40.120.
-West Virginia. W. VA. CODE s 15-1F-7.
-Wyoming. WYO. STAT. s 19-1-106.
States with Anti-Paramilitary Training Laws Only (17)
-Arkansas. ARK. CODE s 5-71-301 to -303.
-California. CAL. PENAL CODE s 11460.
-Colorado. COLO. REV. STAT. s 18-9-120.
-Connecticut. CONN. GEN. STAT. s 53-206b.
-Louisiana. LA. REV. STAT. ANN. s 117.1.
-Michigan. MICH. COMP. LAWS s 750.528a.
-Missouri. MO. REV. STAT. s 574.070.
-Montana. MONT. CODE ANN. s 45-8-109.
-Nebraska. NEB. REV. STAT. s 28-1480 to -1482.
-New Jersey. N.J. REV. STAT. s 2C:39-14.
-New Mexico. N.M. STAT. ANN. s 30-20A-1 to -4.
-Oklahoma. OKLA. STAT. ANN. tit. 21, s 1321.10.
-Oregon. OR. REV. STAT. s 166.660.
-Pennsylvania. 18 PA. CONS. STAT. s 5515.
-South Carolina. S.C. CODE ANN. s 16-8-10 to -30.
-Tennessee. TENN. CODE ANN. s 39-17-314.
-Virginia. VA. CODE ANN. s 18.2-433.1 to -433.3.
There are literally hundreds of militias across the country.
Here are the results of my five minute Google search. Virtually all of these and more are listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) so I'm not exactly sharing anything that is secret (in case anyone is wondering.) I'm just wondering how these groups continue to operate?
http://alaskacitizensmilitia.com/
http://www.americanborderpatrol.com/
http://mohaveminutemen.com/
http://arizonaterritorymilitia.blogspot.com/2010/05/support-arizonalist-of-those-who-are.html
http://www.arizonamilitia.com./
http://www.apfn.org/
http://www.cochisecountymilitia.org/
http://www.cosdf.us/
http://floridafreemilitia.com/index.html
http://www.gamilitia.com/
http://www.georgiamilitia.net/
http://www.erpn.org/
http://www.northidaho21lightfoot.org/
http://www.jackmclamb.com/
http://www.freewebs.com/garand69/index.htm
http://www.ilstm.bravehost.com/
http://www.indianamilitia.org./
http://btln19ism.synthasite.com/
http://indianasonsofliberty.com/body.asp
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/crayon/881/index.html/
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/crayon/881/gcm.html
http://www.delta5mlim.webs.com/
http://www.ovfreedomfighters.com/index.html
http://frost.bbboy.net/themainepatriotboard
http://unitedmilitiasofmaine.webs.com/
http://www.volunteermilitia.com/
http://michiganmilitia.com/
http://mmcw8thdiv.22web.net/
http://nmbpm.webs.com/
http://www.michiganmilitia.com/SMVM/smvm.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/westmivolunteermilitia/
http://www.minnesotamilitia.8k.com/
http://mississippimilitia.us/
http://www.mississippimilitia.us/
http://www.attalamilitia.webs.com/
http://www.missourimilitia.com/
http://3rdbrigade.missourimilitia.com/index.html
http://8thbrigade.missourimilitia.com/
http://www.nebraskamilitia.com/
http://www.constitution.org/mil/ne/mil_usne.htm
http://tallgrassguard.tripod.com/
http://www.ncmilitia.org/
http://vmnd.synthasite.com/
http://www.sodf.org/
https://www.unitedstatesmilitia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2617
http://www.ohiomilitia.com/
http://champaigncounty.tripod.com/
http://sodf.org/
http://www.neodf.org/
http://nwodf.org/
http://champaigncounty.tripod.com/id11.html
http://www.oregonwatchmen.org/
http://oregonmilitia.homestead.com/
http://www.inlibertyandfreedom.com/s_o_m_.htm
http://www2.1stpa-militia.net/forum/index.php?
http://www.freewebs.com/pamilitia/index.htm
http://wolfcreekrangers.yolasite.com/
http://texasmilitia.info/
http://www.texaspatriotmilitia.org./
http://www.southwest-desert-militia.us/forum/
http://www.dallascitytroop.org/
http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/ruthven/569/rfv/militia.htm
http://www.14thff.9f.com/index.html
http://virginiacitizenmilitia.org/phpbb3/index.php
http://www.75thbn10thff.freehosting.net/
http://www.virginiacitizenmilitia.org/
http://www.wa63lightfoot.us/
http://kissata.homestead.com/
http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/1mtn/index.html
http://www.grantcountymilitia.com/
http://kingcountymilitia.com/
http://www.18thwashingtonvolunteers.org/
http://graysharborciviliandefenseforce.weebly.com/
http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/nwwr1/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NWWashingtonMilitia/
http://washingtonstatemilitia.org/links.html#
http://graysharborciviliandefenseforce.weebly.com/officers-only.html
http://kansasstatemilitia.webs.com/
http://www.la-st-militia-10th-brigade.org/
http://www.militiaofmontana.com/
http://www.njmilitia.org/
http://www.11th-ff-esm.org/
http://webspace.webring.com/people/cs/sidewinder0336/ao.html
http://www.jekyllislandproject.com/default.aspx
http://www.patriotnetwork.info/
http://www.lawfulpath.com/
http://www.freewebs.com/easttennesseemilitia/
http://www.constitution.org/mil/nm/lea.htm
I don't have the answers