The scary truth is that if the US military came breaking down our door - the guns would either be handed over or the hold outs will be Waco-ed. How many of us Americans are used to living out in the mountains like Chechens or Bosnian Serbs or Albanians? Jack Frost comes nipping at my nose up in the woods and I'm back home watching football in my easy chair with a picture of El Presidente hanging on a shrine on the wall. Hell 99.999% would give up resistance as soon as the toilet paper runs out.
The only hope we would have is if some govenors and their states, preferably those that still have a manufacturing base refuse to stand up to the Federal govt. Good Luck.
Destro said: "The scary truth is that if the US military came breaking down our door - the guns would either be handed over or the hold outs will be Waco-ed. "
You need to choose your battles wisely. Live to fight another day. Given the numbers, if each patriot takes down his minimum alotment of one jack-booted-thug, the victory goes to the patriots.
There were certainly some battlefield victories during the American Revolution, but the real victory came about because Washington kept the army in the field. It was never going to be safe for those who supported the tyrannical government of King George. Never.
Your resistance pardigm is all wrong IMHO. The days of playing Robin Hood in the woods, hiding out from the evil sheriff, are long over. Modern technology makes that suicide. Ditto resisting at your door: indeed a Waco would be the result.
But that's not the end of it!
The prudent person, in a time of peril, would cache the "serious" arms off of his property. If the "sheriff" came to collect the guns, he would hand over his "litmus test of freedom" weapon, the old revolver or other expendable weapon, with a smile on his face.
Then some weeks later, after midnight, he'd go collect his serious weapon and pay the "sheriff" a visit at home. Then he'd put the rifle away and go to work like every other day.
Put it another way: "camouflage" would not mean a BDU uniform. "Camouflage" would be a 3 piece suit, a UPS uniform, a plumber's service truck.
