We need to keep our eyes open regarding the start of the revolution. It will start with the headline "Domestic Terrorist kills law enforcement officer making a routine visit to home" or something like that. The MSM will not report that the LEO was there to confiscate firearms. There may be a few of these around the nation before we realize the war has started. We need to be vigilant, we need to pay close attention, we need to be ready. Because we are a diverse nation these type of situations will not seem to be related, we must find the relationship and inform others of our findings. I really don't think that there will be a "shot heard around the world" that will signal that it is on. We must observe and report.
I agree, and a caveat here about what the "news" and the police report: there will be no perfect victim/s to get behind so we should also be careful about deciding whether "the guy had it coming" or is worthy of defense. Look at Kollar for an example of my point; last year "authorities raided their home and
found what they believed to be a meth lab" and a chop shop.
I've seen it here sometimes, and in a few other places; the "victim's" life and behavior is thoroughly scrutinized and, when found to not be a model citizen, is marginalized and dismissed. Many times it had been folks who had been found traveling with or carrying a weapon where "they should have known the gun laws" and that it was illegal, so, shrug.
With the proliferation of laws criminalizing ever more activity (and we've discussed this issue at length, and why), a very few of us couldn't/wouldn't be considered "pure" if it came right down to it. Further, the authorities will choose their first targets with an eye toward how anti-social they can be portrayed, highlighting and exaggerating it, as a deflection.
I tell my friends and family: if anything contra-"legal" happens to me/us, just so you know, we don't have an "arsenal", don't do drugs, and are not operating a meth lab.