If he made such a direct order I have no doubt it would make people choose sides as a war would break out with the first SWAT/RRT/DHS team on the first raid. Of course, we have some FReepers here that think such Americans that held out and got raided and slaughtered is a source of pride for the military, but I don’t. To think there are military personnel that would raid an American for possession of a firearm sickens me to death. I am a veteran and there is no way when I served would I have ever thought of doing such a thing. I know me, I probably would have immediate shot the officer giving such an order. I know my teammates, they would have raced me to the trigger. To even have to contemplate that our military would slaughtered Americans over possession of firearms tells me we should disband the leadership in this country and start fresh.
I hear you. Part of my reason for writing this article was to show that there would be many (statistically) in the military who would not do it, also to put it out there for those serving so they could think about what they might be asked to do (military, FBI, DHS, whoever). Give people time to think about options, I suggested a few possibilities. I can imagine on a base at muster when they are informed (because they have been thinking about it) a handful sits down and the next handful and the next handful sits, and so on ... It is good to explore peaceful solutions. If confiscations start, I can also imagine people being peaceful and refusing to turn over a weapon and demanding to be arrested...then 1 million people being arrested and then 20 million come to DC and sit and refuse to leave. And our fragile stock market drops 8 thousand, and panic sets in government and those attempting to disarm America.
...Will soldiers look closely if they are ordered to search American families’ homes? Will most intentionally not see the old double barrel shotgun in the closet of another soldier’s father or grandfather? Will they speak quietly to local veterans and relatives telling them where they might search next? Will enough refuse, making it impossible for those like Hagel, Kerry, Brennan and certain military brass to fully weaken America and her future...
...Would they? I don’t know. I hope not, given that their allegiance is supposedly to the Constitution and not Obama. I can’t believe that our military would go in lock step to implement such an order.
Would they sabotage Obama, Holder and Napolitano’s efforts? I don’t know. I think that’s possible, maybe even probable.
I do hope that those in the military are seriously considering their options. Maybe they will follow the lead of Obama’s union buddies and organize a massive sit-down strike or a massive resignation based upon a reasonable belief that the order is unlawful and in violation of the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Who knows? Maybe a few in the JAG Corps are privately preparing (at least thinking though the procedures, arguments and process) a possible legal action challenging the lawfulness of such an order to the Federal Courts....
...I pray confiscation doesn’t happen, but people in both the military and civilian worlds need to be prepared for the worst and decide how they will manage to hold to their principles. It could be that if millions of Americans (civilian and military) are prepared to be arrested for their right to keep firearms (taking a page from Martin Luther King), the government’s efforts would fall apart. However, if our military does prove itself to be willing to confiscate law abiding American citizens guns, then maybe we don’t deserve our freedoms - and all the sacrifices of all veterans who have come and gone before will have been for naught. END
This last sentence sums it up for me and is worth being arrested for or sitting in DC for a month or two.