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George Worley <gworley@brokersys.com> wrote:
> on Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:59:37 -0400, DPH <rally2xs@csi.com> wrote:
> >THAT is total bullshit.  The armed citizen IS what keeps America free.
> 
> Do you know how long it would take for the Military to squash a
> citizen uprising?  Not very long.  DO YOU REMEMBER KENT STATE?

Can't be done, if the civilian uprising is large enough. I'd really like
to make this abundantly clear to people, before they go and start setting
policy on the premiss that the military will keep them safe from the
'unwashed masses'.

Understand two things, before I begin:

1) This is for informational purposes only. The soldiers that have to deal
with this, and anyone planning revolution probably already have thought of
these things, and DON'T TRY THEM.

2) I do not hope, wish for, await joyously, or condone a large scale
American civil insurrection, as it would probably herald the end of our
nation. Ballot boxes hurt less when they return fire, than cartridge
boxes.

A squad of soldiers, in the field, conducting operations, would probably
be more than a bit to chew on for civilian revolutionaries.

That same squad, in an offbase bar, would be cooked meat for one civilian
revolutionary with a molotav cocktail, or for a few who know how to cook
up explosives.

A platoon of tanks would be a truly unhappy experience to deal with, on 
the field of battle, if all the opposition had were firearms and
homecooked explosives.

Tanks don't work as well if the commander, gunner and driver were murdered
in their sleep the night before, or if the tanks were sabotaged or
destroyed be infiltrators before they reached the field of battle.

Same with aircraft.

Try to imagine a scenario, where perhaps every 1000th bullet was
sabotaged, or one in every 10 MREs had finely ground glass or poison as
the main course, or where one in every X crucial part was deliberately
flawed, and would fail upon use.

Try to imagine a scenario, where soldiers had to be careful about where in
the cities they go on leave, who they hang out with, and what they do --
else their bodies will be mailed to the White House, postage due.

Try to imagine the effort behind just securing supply lines to the
military bases, once the civilian reactionaries figure out that fuel
burns, and soldiers don't fight as well without ammunition and food.

Try to imagine a situation where, if the military kills just one innocent
civilian, another gets pushed that much further into the camp of the
revolutionaries, and another one starts questioning the actions of the
government and military.

> >As Chairman Mao said, "Political power comes out of the barrel of a gun."  He was
> >right.
> 
> For his way of government he is correct.  The ideals of this nation
> prevent that.  99.9 percent of the citizens of this great nation feel
> that we have best way of government.

As compared to the other examples? Indeed.

How many think we can make it better? 99.99%

> Even with the guns we have now, it is no match against the weapons
> that our military has.

Please see the above.

> >And if they decide to cancel the elections?  What are you going to do about it
> >without the means to resist it (force of arms?)
> 
> Again misguided.  If the elections were called off and uprising begin,
> the ones in control of the military would have the upperhand.

Please see the above.

> >Look at the Citizens Militias that have sprung up because of these incidents, and
> >look how the government has taken great pains to not do that again, as evidenced by
> >the "bend over backwards" treatment of the Freemen standoff.
> 
> These illegal militias full of malcontents and criminals where set up
> to destroy our way life not defend it.

Illegal?

> First off there isn't a civilian militia that strong.  Our forefathers
> didn't put the Second Amendment in place for purpose of taken arms (in
> that era arms meant muskets)   against our own government.  This is
> treason.  And treason will be dealt with accordingly.

Hypothetically, is treason against a treasonist government treason?

> >No, the FF's meant pistols, rifles, cannons, and all the instruments of war.  The
> >idea has been changed somewhat to being construed to mean only weapons that can be
> >carried and fired by one person and which are directed at a specific target.  This
> >would leave out mines and bombs.
> 
> Arms to our forefathers mean muskets and single shot pistols.

Arms to our forefathers meant things that go "boom!" when activated.

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