“...Once the state is shown to be ineffective in enforcing its will, it will either fade or escalate to bloodshed....”
With that said, I can pretty much damn well tell ya what it will be in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
These ain’t limp-wristed, lib “whimp” states like CT and NY. The only ones with more guns than Texans are probably the Louisiana coonasses, and rest assured, you sure as hell don’t want them comin’ after ya. Those old boys over there got ways of doin’ ya in that you’ve not even dreamed of.
Upstate NY and CTRL have their own traditions of defiance, starting with the Revolution. The West has had an odd relationship with the powers in DC for a long time. The old range wars had federal troops fighting state troops and militias quite often.