“..slowly tighten the noose until the majority of people can’t own anything more lethal than BB guns.”
Details, I want details! How many cops/Feds, how many HUMMV’s, how many search warrants, how many states cede sovereignty to Washington diktats, and how will the powers that be deal with massive national noncompliance?
Govags are no longer invisible minions of the state. Mr. Google knows where they live & they don’t like kissing their families goodbye every time they report for duty.
We are not helpless serfs!
If I had to guess, it will be “Fusion Centers”, such as used to combat terrorist, where the FBI is set up to work with the local police.
My guess is the Fed gov would strong arm local and state police through such joint projects to do the actual legwork on an individual basis.
It will probably be a carrot-stick approach, where the threat is to pull free Federal goodies.
My guess would be it would be done piecemeal at first, done to a few people to try and intimidate the vast majority of people who don’t want to cooperate, by making an example out of a few.
For example, 15 local police & SWAT show up with maybe one FBI guy on site, and they do a “no knock raid”, kick your door in and take your stuff. If you resist, they shoot you. Then your obituary gets published later that week.