You nailed it. If they’ve got the feds called in then they could easily deputize some SF or Seals to track him down. Part of this is practice and part is an oversize ego which could get some killed. Too many of these are adult children who have seen too many movies. At least they are leaving the woods at nightfall. Even with night vision they have a couple of deadly shortcomings: One, they are generally not familiar with night operations; two, they are generally afraid of the dark; and three, their offense is of a defensive nature (they present a large target) and effective offensive actions are limited by the danger.
Conversation this morning a question arose about military heat identification technology from low flying aircraft Is that a possibility ?
“. If they’ve got the feds called in then they could easily deputize some SF or Seals to track him down. “
The majority of cops now ARE SF and SEAL. It seems that’s needed to be on the resume anymore.
In the past, you’d have had the ‘posse comitatus’ statutes to worry about (the army can’t be used on it’s citizens).
Now that we live in a monarchy, we don’t have those sorts of issues.