May want to review that stance in light of the fact that, like most countries, <i>all</i> male American citizens age 17-45 are legally part of the US Militia (and, until creation of the National Guard, were expected to be suitably armed &amp; trained). When one country is at serious war with another, targets may not just be active combatants, but anyone officially positioned to become one. There are relevant &amp; valid axioms, held to by warring parties, which do not differentiate between &quot;combatants&quot; and &quot;non-combatants&quot;. In an existential crisis, fine distinctions are often discarded. Ugly memes, yes.