"this is going to backfire bigtime."
"My guess is that this will eventually lead to violence"
I would have to agree. Freedom is being shut out at every oppurtunity. The sheeple don't care, baecause it isn't neccesarily affecting most of them. Oh, but it will soon. These assaults on liberty are picking up speed , with little resistance.
Bans on "junk" food in Ilinois schools; undercover cops keeping track of bartenders and patrons in bars;(also arresting folks)anti-gun legislation sneaking through in Illinois.(these are just a few examples.)Any truth is abruptly swept under the rug.
It is certainly dis-heartening.
Look for the gift.
You will be able to balance your grandson on your knee and tell him about when you, personally, saw America go from a free country to a police state.
Provided you survive the purges, that is.