Christopher Dorner may save more lives than he could ever have taken

“Since 1989, the world has witnessed a progressive weakening of the state and rise of alternative, non-state primary loyalties, for which a growing number of men are willing to fight.” This is what military affairs expert William S. Lind calls the heart of his theory of the Fourth Generation of Modern Warfare (4GW). And there can be no better example of a “primary loyalty” than the right to keep and bear arms. (1)

The days of the massive, invulnerable armies of the nation-state winning contests with lesser opponents at the drop of a hat are over. Consider the fact that the most powerful military in the world was unable to roundly defeat the rag-tag forces of Afghanistan and Iraq as wars which should have taken a matter of weeks have stretched into years.

“Fourth Generation Warfare is based on dispersion and communications that remove the battle front entirely. Attackers rely on...

I'd be inclined to agree if those freedom lovers were working in concert. But apart from that, there seems to be more of a likelihood that it will just increase the number of people who die, holed up in the basement of a burning house surrounded by a SWAT team.

Dorner did not work in concert with others because he couldn't find anyone who'd "work" with him. However will you work with your neighbors if necessary? Will they work with you? My neighbors certainly will. A $3 laser pointer makes a great long range, secure communication device at night. Diring the day you only need binoculars for a similarly secure communication. Ham radio and, to lesser extent, FRS are also usable - they can be operated at a very low power, so they can't be reliably detected from a larger distance. If you have QPSK or MFSK then the JBTs will be at *complete* loss, not even mentioning that the upper layer can be secured with real, bulletproof crypto. Even the ancient 5-bit RTTY cannot be interpreted by the ear; but in most cases JBTs will not have any radio intelligence - they are just simple cannon fodder. You will be able to communicate on 144/430 MHz NBFM and none of them would know.

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