First of all, if you are interested in prepping, may I suggest
https://www.facebook.com/groups/preppingforliberals/
For several years I was a moderator on the Kentucky Preppers Network forum. At one time we were one of the premier prepping forums in the US, and had numerous national level preppers that said so. We had 2 campouts a year where we would have classes and demonstrations of skills. A nurse taught how to stitch wounds, someone taught how to make trip line alarms, I led a group discussion on the roles of women in prepping. We had a contest at one campout where participants were given a scenario to deal with. But you could only deal with it by using your bug out bag. The winner got a large can of freeze dried veggies. We divided the state into districts and had a discussion group in each district where people could meet face to face to discuss prepping. (usually at a Dairy Queen, Dunkin Doughnuts)
Usually, when someone joined the forum, one of the first things they asked was, "How do I start/join a prepper group?" I was one of them. A number of members throughout the state actually formed prepper groups. Almost all of them failed miserably! In some of them, legal action was required. People didn't hold up their end of the bargain, or they stole from the group, or just proved to be creepy or untrustworthy.
But the big disaster for the Network came from the discussion groups. Now, on the forum, at campouts and discussion groups we used forum handles like we do in this group. All for operational security. At my discussion group, I didn't share my name with anyone till we had met together for over a year. Then something happened. There was one fellow who frequented several of the discussion groups, sometimes attending groups as much as 3 hours away. He was caught recording license plate numbers of attendees. He had a cop friend that was looking up peoples' addresses for him. He had no preps, no food, no supplies. His survival plan was to raid everyone else's preps by killing them and stealing their preps.
Within a month, the Kentucky Prepper Network forum was dead. No one posted anymore. No one shared anything. It is now just a library. There is some great info there.
Soooo..... if you want to start a MAG, go for it, but please be very careful. Not everyone will be what you want them to be. And yes, I would like to be in a MAG.
Sorry this got long winded. I welcome questions.
All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.-Henry Clay
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.—Aristotle