Now that Georgie has lost the Election...

[vsp]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

It wasn't people that were in the majority who started this experiment.

But it was people who had access to roughly the same level of weapon technology as their opposition. Joe Average is just SLIGHTLY outgunned when compared to our armed forces and law enforcement, and that's leaving out the heavy stuff.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by vsp

But it was people who had access to roughly the same level of weapon technology as their opposition. Joe Average is just SLIGHTLY outgunned when compared to our armed forces and law enforcement, and that's leaving out the heavy stuff.

You're forgetting three things:

1) do you think that all members of the armed forces are happy with the situation?

2) how many members of the armed forces do you think are willing to actually fire on US citizens?

3) do you think enough of the weapons in this country are accouted for that the military is willing to mount such an offensive in the first place?

[vsp]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

You're forgetting three things:

1) do you think that all members of the armed forces are happy with the situation?

2) how many members of the armed forces do you think are willing to actually fire on US citizens?

3) do you think enough of the weapons in this country are accouted for that the military is willing to mount such an offensive in the first place?

1) No, but they _do_ know how to follow orders, particularly when they feel that right is on their side. When citizens are engaging in armed insurrection against the government, they won't get much sympathy.

2) If the citizens are armed and ready to fire on them, enough. You wanna go first?

3) I have no idea what you mean by that. The armed forces have FAR superior weaponry to anything to which the general public has access.

Or are there liberal armories with assault weapons, attack helicopters and such that I haven't been told about yet?

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by vsp

Or are there liberal armories with assault weapons, attack helicopters and such that I haven't been told about yet?

Where the hell is slang when I need him...

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by vsp

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My point is that there are a lot of factors that go into the situation. There are going to be people from the military that refuse to fight americans, hell there are going to be people who line up for it, and there are more guns and people outside of the military than in it.