Good day,
I saw how things are turning and reached out to my Colorado chapter last month using the email from the PB website. They only response to my email was "who is your reference?". Said I didn't have one. Explained how I am a lifelong patriot, pillar of my community, and active on based subreddits as well as a top poster on the .win. No response. No follow up. I am not going to jump hoops. You want able bodied men to defend the nation, or you don't.
It does kinda make sense, four of them were stabbed during the march in DC the other day, times are bleak, if some bad actor infiltrates them and wants to do harm, people could be seriously injured or killed, it makes sense to be safe rather than sorry.
The unfortunate outcome of that is people who are genuinely interested in joining face intense scrutiny.