The Danites and the Later Day Saints - What's Going On?

The latter day saints had every legal right to establish a maliciou system in caldwell county. The malitiau system was in place, as given by the eh constitution. But i think joseph and the early church, i would have seen the danites kind of an alternate group,. A special group that's banding together to organize a military group where they could take a on as well as the legal militia. They were not authorized, but they were probably hoping to become such.