I largely agree with you on the target.
I notice you conveniently left the 2nd question unanswered....under whose orders?
I am not asking the question to be snarky. God help me, I have given this some very serious thought. I may...in my lifetime...have to answer the “to shoot or not to shoot” question myself.
I subscribe to Romans 13, which says that our governments are put in place by God. I believe the American revolution was morally correct because our LOCAL elected government (the Founding Fathers) were urging the fight against the king for our best interests.
What I am struggling with is what that would look like, today. If....say....I am going hunting for Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer types, it would be wrong to just go off on my own and start shooting. Under whose authority?
Does this make any sense? I am trying to resolve a moral issue before I go to war with a shadowy enemy like the “deep state.”
“under whose orders?”
I get that question. I do. I strongly suspect there will arise leaders with strong Constitutional values that will act. If so, I will follow.
Secondly, there (like the first Civil War) will be states that will align themselves with the right side. And of course, the wrong side. Fortunately for me, I live in Texas. I have no doubt that freedom loving Texans would make the right choices if ever CWII were to occur.