Posted on 05/06/2013 1:57:18 PM PDT by True Grit
I was doing a radio interview this morning and the host asked me why the Department of Homeland Security needed 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. The easy answer for me was, “They don’t.” Of course the follow-up question for him was, “Then why are they buying it?”
And that’s the billion-dollar question isn’t it. What is the federal government going to do with all that ammo? Why do they need it? Why are they buying it? It’s unprecedented. Are we on the cusp of physical domination by the United States Federal Government? And, if so, how will the American people react?
The talk show host also asked me, “If the people were to rebel, how could they ever possibly hope to prevail against a government so big, so huge, so powerful and so ruthless?”
He had a good point.
I mean, let’s face it: they have Predator drones, spy satellites, and sophisticated online surveillance and communication systems. How could the American people ever hope to prevail in a fighting war?
Sure, we barely prevailed over the British in our original war for independence, but that was different. Great Britain was based thousands of miles away, and it took 30 days to cross the Atlantic. That was a huge benefit to the colonists. We no longer have that. The federal government is right here, right now, and firmly cemented into state and local law enforcement. The talk show host argued there was no hope of prevailing over a government so massive and powerful.
Was he right?
I brought up the Taliban and the Viet Cong as recent examples of how to defeat a large military in a techno-driven war. In the end, the Taliban will win, just as the Viet Cong did. In truth, only three percent of the colonists actively fought against the British in our war for independence. But three percent was enough.
But the big question is this: Are there still three percent of the American population with the courage and resolve to fight against an out-of-control, tyrannical government? My short answer is: I think so.
Of course, we all have our lines in the sand.
1. I will fight when they force gun registration. 2. I will fight when they come for my guns. 3. I will fight when they come for me.
No matter where you fall on that list, it puts you in the precarious position of defying the all-powerful Obama of Oz. Who is the man behind the curtain, pulling the strings, calling the shots, planning out the final moves to dismantle our liberty?
Is it Barack Obama or some other unseen dark and evil minion?
I don’t know.
Don’t 53% have deserve it?
I doubt it. I doubt they’d be asked, either. Soldiers are mostly the same redneck good ‘ol boys that would theoretically be the ‘enemy’.
Ammo purchases are likely more about choking off the civilian market than actually acquiring the ammo for use.
SnakeDoc
We know it’s 47% + the government against the 3%
Funny. This article coming one day after the anniversary of Kent State.
“....they have Predator drones, spy satellites, and sophisticated online surveillance and communication systems.”
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And a Congress that seems to support a tyrannical government.
Oh, BTW, if one waits until option #2 or #3 you will just be labelled another nutcase with an “arsenal” of weapons and ammo “stockpiled” in your basement.
Yes.
They have already appeared on several FR threads last year and said so.
Any flag-rank officer who might refuse such an order is being run out of DC on a rail, and replaced by those loyal the The Obama.
They will issue the order, and they will fire. Those who might refuse, are already out.
Response: Yes. That is why "The Divine One" is pushing for a Sodomite, weirdfemale, minority, noncitizen army. They will do his bidding as they owe their very being to him.
Comment: Now a question I have not seen posed: Will U.S. Citizens fire on the military?
Since gun confiscation is always a prelude to extermination, might as well go down fighting.
There are more than 3 percent who will fight, and 40 percent who will support the fight, and they are concentrated in a contiguous block of states. We will need some brave governors and state legislatures to say "enough" at some point, and begin the preparation.
To me, the line is when they seek registration of the guns. Prepare for battle at that event. The fight begins when they come for those who don't comply. I hope we have a few states, most particularly Texas, who say no, and can form a base for resistance. If not, if we are few and scattered, it will be tough to mount anything, especially since they know who we are and where we are.
I'd like to see some state governors creating their own state militias. It is constitutional, and they do not have to permit the President to federalize them.
>> But three percent was enough.
3% was enough for fighting an enemy with a 2000 mile supply chain that had to cross a dangerous ocean in sailing ships.
Our enemy has a supply line that at his fingertips, along with all the armored motorized transport he needs.
If on the other hand, total war tactics are employed, things will get ugly pretty quick. Leftists/Socialists have always been thourough in their elimination of opponents. See Stalin, Mao, Kim Jung, etc.
Factor in the indoctrination attempts in the military whereby law abiding, God fearing, small government types are portrayed as the enemey and you now have a potential significant percentage of the military willing to shoot our fellow Americans....or apprehend.
Remember Ayers said it would take about 25 million casualties to bring about the change the Left wants. Think about that...25 million...and that was 40years ago. That number is more likely to be around 50-75 million now.
How many gun owners are in the U.S.?
They will then NOT be OUR military, but an enemy force inside our country, controlled by an illegitimate leader.
There, that makes it a lot easier.
You are right as to the commanders. We have to hope that as you move farther down the ranks, you find that fewer and fewer service members would follow such orders.
Up here in the mountains if you cut off a rattlesnake`s head, his tail will wiggle n` rattle until sundown but he can`t bite no more.
Those that don't know history will see it repeated.
You're forgetting one thing: that supply-line is right inside the disputed territory -- and the 'enemies', being Americans, will blend in with the general American population... this is one of the problems that makes Iraq, Afghanistan and the like so difficult, militarily speaking. If CWII kicks off, there's an instant vulnerability to guerrilla warfare.
I believe this is whey there's such a big push to confiscate guns; at that point they can justify firing on armed Americans on the basis of them being "law breakers". Their hope is to (a) disarm as many as possible [or at least legally justify the killing of them], and (b) do it rapidly, they cannot survive any protracted confrontation, especially one where more and more people will have their personal "line" crossed as time goes on.
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