“On the surface, their giving people an opportunity to shoot is not something we think, in the broadest way, is a problem,” said Bill Nigut, southeast regional director of ADL.

“But the first thing they do is have participants sit through a lecture about the Revolutionary War and the colonists who formed a militia who won the Revolution, and that clearly makes us uncomfortable.”

Nigut said the ADL has noted — through watching forums and online comments — that some participants feel that if government does become intrusive, they have the right to overthrow it by force.

“We have never heard the leaders say that,” Nigut said. “They walk a fine line and stay on the right side of that line.

(But) they glorify the militias of the Revolutionary War and citizens who took up arms. It does lead you in the direction of thinking about the value of that.”