They really are trying to provoke a confrontation and use it to destroy the Constitution so they can do what they want, when they want, and get we serfs to pay for it. Either that, or make us criminals and so they can send us to jail when they want.
I have said it before and I will say it again, they are trying to get us, that is patriots, to fire the first shot whereby they can then justify martial law, confiscation of property, especially firearms and precious metals, and confiscation of our (few) remaining liberties.