“If perchance the SWATS do become a major operation “
Don’t forget, a LARGE county Sheriff’s office is no more than 400 uniformed officers. That’s it. They rely on overwhelming force against individuals and bravado to do their jobs, but if society goes nuts then they know (I’ve worked with them, I know) they will be overwhelmed quickly and will simply fall back and even disband.
I think long before that all happens some of the States will isolate and provide security to the people. “We, the Great State of Florida, declare the federal government to be in a State of insurrection. To that end, we States hold together as a union and issue the following proclamations against federal activities within our States...”
You have a hopeful perspective. I hope you’re right.
But the Sheriff could deputize all legal gun owners in a county if it hit the fan.
The states probably won’t make such a declaration, at least at first. They will start refusing federal money then cutting off other financial connections with the major banks and other fed dominated entities and will institute State money which would have to be gold and silver specie or backed to avoid the Fed determination that state money is not usable. Gold is the explicitly only medium usable as money in the Constitution. The state money has already a beginning in a couple of states in that those states have directly made Gold o be official money in the state. Taat is not useful right now but it will be and the mechanism is already in place.
In Florida the Sheriffs’ departments in many counties are the closest thing we have to militia and may well function in that capacity when the realignment occurs. Constitutional Sheriffs is the organization of sheriffs who make certain commitments and exists in a number of states.