Schaeffer Cox's alleged 2-4-1 murder plot -- two government agents kidnapped or killed for every militia member arrested or killed -- was hammered out inside an old school bus.

A trial is under way in Anchorage to find out if an Alaska militia leader and his cohorts have violated an array of federal laws. As the case unfolds, here's what you need to know about how guns, freedom and dissent landed Schaeffer Cox behind bars.

Michael Anderson, who spent eight months in state prison with the leaders of the Alaska Peacemaker Militia, took the stand for the prosecution on Tuesday.

Trial Day 3: Militia defendants accused in a violent, anti-government plot had guns, cash, explosives and handwritten planning notes, investigators testified Wednesday.