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The unorganized militia of California is the fourth component of
the state militia,[10] comprising, like the other three active
militia components, all able-bodied male residents of the state
between 18 and 45 years of age and other persons who have
voluntarily applied and are otherwise eligible to serve.[10]: o122

The unorganized militia may be called for active duty in case of
"war, rebellion, insurrection, invasion, tumult, riot, breach of
the peace, public calamity or catastrophe, or other emergency, or
imminent danger" of such an event[10]: o128 by the Governor or
officers designated by the Governor.[10]: o123

That is, the unorganized militia consists of ordinary persons not
in active military service but liable or willing to serve, who may
be called for active duty by the Governor in case of utter
emergency. The name unorganized militia is confusing because of the
dated language of the statute; it refers simply to the selective
service pool of the state military in modern sense. In particular,
it must not be confused with paramilitary organizations,
colloquially called "militias" in the modern language, which
operate outside of the state military authority. Paramilitary
organizations are prohibited by law in California.[11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Military_Department

Draft evasion in the Vietnam War

Draft evasion in the Vietnam War was a common practice in the
United States and in Australia.[2] Significant draft avoidance was
taking place even before the United States became heavily involved
in the Vietnam War. The large cohort of Baby Boomers and late
Silent Generationers allowed for a steep increase in the number of
exemptions and deferments, especially for college and graduate
students.[3] More than half of the 27 million men eligible for the
draft during the Vietnam War were deferred, exempted or
disqualified.[3]

Evasion in Australia
Main article: Vietnam War

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Sydney, 1965
In 1964 Australia enacted a draft for soldiers to send to Vietnam.

From 1966 to 1968 a growing force of conscientious objectors grew

in Australia and by 1967 became openly popular due to a growing
protest movement. Information campaigns were carried out by
organizations like Students for a Democratic Society and Save Our
Sons to spread information on how to avoid the draft.[2][4]

Young men who were subject to the conscription lottery also formed
their own anti-conscription organisation, the Youth Campaign
Against Conscription. It was the YCAC that imported the concept of
draft-card burning from the United States and ushered in a new form
of resistance to conscription, active non-compliance. Instead of
merely not registering (passive non-compliance with the National
Service Scheme), the young conscripts actively demonstrated their
distaste for the government's actions by destroying their
registration cards.[5]

Evasion in the United States
Penalties and rate of prosecution
A distinction is made between draft evaders and draft resisters.
There were millions of men who avoided the draft, and many
thousands who openly resisted the conscription system and actively
opposed the war.[9] The head of U.S. President Richard Nixon's task
force on the all-volunteer military reported in 1970 that the
number of resisters was "expanding at an alarming rate" and that
the government was "almost powerless to apprehend and prosecute
them".[10] It is now known that, during the Vietnam era,
approximately 570,000 young men were classified as draft
offenders,[3] and approximately 210,000 were formally accused of
draft violations;[11][3] however, only 8,750 were convicted and
only 3,250 were jailed.[3] Some draft eligible men publicly burned
their draft cards, but the Justice Department brought charges
against only 50, of whom 40 were convicted.[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion_in_the_Vietnam_War

Vietnam War resisters in Canada

Vietnam War resisters in Canada were American draft evaders and
military deserters who avoided serving in the Vietnam War by
seeking political asylum in Canada between 1965 and 1975. Draft
evaders were typically college-educated and middle class Americans
who could no longer avoid conscription.[1] Deserters were usually
lower-income and working class who had been inducted into the
United States Armed Forces right after high school or had later volunteered.[1]

Many Americans who took refuge in Canada assimilated in the country
and continued to reside there decades after the war's end in
1975.[2] Unlike the Swedish authorities who also granted asylum to
American war resisters, the Canadian authorities acted discreetly
and did not publicly take a position on the United States' role in
the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_resisters_in_Canada

Draft dodgers hate their country.

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