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====Actions by resisters==== * Declining to register for the draft, in nations where that is required by law.<ref name=Gitlin /><ref name=Braw /> * Declining to report for one's draft-related physical examination, or for military induction or call-up, in nations where these are required by law.<ref>Christ (2006), pp. 59, 62.</ref><ref name=Luhn /> * Participating in draft card burnings or turn-ins.<ref name=Gitlin /><ref>[[Michael Ferber|Ferber, Michael]] (1967). "A Time to Say No". In Robbins, Mary Susannah, ed. (2007, orig. 1999). ''Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists''. London and Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, p. 120. {{ISBN|978-0-7425-5914-1}}.</ref> * Living "underground" (e.g., living with false identification papers) and working at an [[unreported employment|unreported job]] after being indicted for draft evasion.<ref name=Gitlin /> * Traveling or emigrating to another country, rather than submitting to induction or to trial.<ref name=Christ /><ref name=Williams>Williams, Roger N. (1971). ''The New Exiles: American War Resisters in Canada''. New York: Liveright Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0-87140-533-3}}.</ref> * Going to jail, rather than submitting to induction or to alternative government service.<ref>[[Stephen M. Kohn|Kohn, Stephen M.]] (1987). ''Jailed for Peace: The History of American Draft Law Violators, 1658 β1985''. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0-275-92776-9}}.</ref><ref>[[David Harris (protester)|Harris, David]] (1976). ''I Shoulda Been Home Yesterday: 20 Months in Jail for Not Killing Anybody''. New York: Delacorte / Dell. {{ISBN|978-0-440-04156-6}}.</ref> * Shooting and/or killing draft officers and civil authorities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ladden-Hall |first=Dan |date=2022-09-26 |title=Desperate Russian Shoots Recruitment Officer Instead of Signing up to Fight in Ukraine |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-war-protester-shoots-commander-trying-to-draft-citizens |access-date=2023-07-30}}</ref>
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