” it will not be hard to get 200+. They will not be a bunch of wealthy liberal lawyers and their wives who have no clue how to handle firearms either.”
I live in an area with maybe 2000 homes. A third are prior military and many are currently uniformed. We would easily put up a force that would slaughter all comers. We’ve got a SEAL Master Chief, several Special Forces officers, a dozen Rangers, CIA Special Operations, Marines, and a whole bunch more. Against a rag-tag poser group, they don’t stand a chance. Controlled access routes and a heavy forest all around. We can cut off a major freeway and all roads north and south. Many places across the country are like this. The idiots be confined to the cities where they will starve and die. All supply routes into Denver and Colorado Springs are easily cut off, not to mention their electrical, water supplies.
I think if the idiots go savage on rural America then law enforcement will be ineffective and the hunt is on.
They ONLY reason these idiots have visibility is because the liberal media wants to give them air time as part of their the destroy America crap and because we haven’t assembled to slaughter them.
And all these men are part of your local militia and have signed on to your plan to cut off cities and take control of an autonomous region? I have no doubt they can defend their property and their neighbors should it come down to it. But you are mistaking self-defense with taking the offense. In the situation you are describing the current military will be gone and any military retiree with less then 30 years would be recalled especially those with special skills. We are obligated for thirty years and subject to Congressional recall if we retire. Where does that leave you with volunteers for your militia to cutoff the highways while simultaneously protecting their homes and families?
The area I live in is 80% or more prior military, everything from SEALS, MARSOC, RECON, Grunts and POGS. You do not want to come into this area to cause trouble and invade property it will not end well. But, taking the offense and going back into battle with a militia against an armed opponent. I not sure how many of the operators would be willing to do that let alone the POGS.