I understand your point but if any uprising takes place the people will have to have the military on our side. If not, no matter how many guns and how much ammo, citizens will not be able to stand up to tanks and aircraft.
I need to say more.
sfetter, much of the military is reduced to levels not seen since WWI, in terms of manpower (for one thing). Where do you suspect the former airmen, marines and army are right now? That's right, not in "the military"; they're out here, with us. What sort of ...... person .... now mostly comprises "the military"? That's right, mostly the gheys, the trans, the women, the Lefty political, and the few patriotic stalwarts who are too damned stubborn to quit. What will "the military" do with aircraft when it is down 700 pilots? When a lot of its aircraft are no longer air-worthy, being cannibalized for parts so some are air-worthy? You think it's any different with its tanks, etc.?
Maybe you want to think all that over.
And while you are thinking - think about how a bunch of uneducated towel heads hiding in caves were able to hold off both the United States and the USSR.
You are correct that in a stand up fight we would loose, but who is going to go in for that? This will be 4th generation warfare.
1) Targets will be largely unguarded infrastructure - power relay stations, miles of aquaduct, miles of highway,miles of railroad, miles of pipeline hit by small bands. This will tie up most responders and LE just dealing with the crises that this destruction will cause. The government's inability to respond effectively or to protect the infrastructure will make them appear weak and foolish. Look what happens if a "mysterious" package is found. Now see three guys leaving them all over town.
2) LEOs who carry out the Feds agenda put their own families at risk. There are no safe or green zones to hide in. To Pan's point., They live with us, and that makes them directly vulnerable.
3) Tanks, Jets, Drones, etc will exact "collateral damage" - meaning they can only be using in areas the government is willing to go scorched earth - killing women, children and other non-combatants - which of course may include the families of those serving in the tanks, jets and running the drones.
4) Simple non-compliance with orders - not paying taxes or Filling out multiple fake IRS forms, or filing multiple amended forms, will bring most of the government to a halt. Everyone files for disability every week , and so on. The government relies heavily on voluntary compliance. People who are angry, but not willing to engage in armed conflict will still sabotage, wreck and in other ways hamper government efforts. And that will include both civilian and LE/Military.
5) The people who remain in the military and law enforment areas will largely be people who are there for the pensions and retirement benefits, and you don't get to enjoy those if you are dead. I am sure there will be a group of bad apples who are there or will be recruited because they like the "Authoratah" and want to bully oters, but with an armed populace at war, they WILL be sot at and killed, and perhaps by other LE/military loyal to our side ( Oops. Friendly Fire.)
Civil wars are very, very bloody and very very messy. No one wants it to go this way, but the left always bets it will be so horrible that no one will opt for it, until someone does. I think AC has it exactly right - we are all shutting our yaps and figuring out what we will do, steeling ourselves for the effort, when the time comes. And if the left hold true to its past history, the time WILL come ,and some insignificant portion - perhaps only 9 MILLION ( 3%) will NOT go quietly.
History is always made by interested and motivated minorities, and quite simply the only thing the left has is HATE. They hate us because we are not like them. We, however, have a little more cause to fight for, and in the end that can make all of the difference.
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