““individual resistance” is going to become a very futile act — the equivalent of monks resorting to self-immolation.”
You couldn’t be more wrong. The monks brought down the Diem government very quickly. And do you know what started the Arab Spring, a vegetable stand owner driven out of business by new regulations self-immolated.
As for individual action, thats the best of all. It’s what keeps the totalitarians awake at night. You can infiltrate and roll up organizations. But leaderless resistance is extremely hard to fight.
ANd remember, it was invented here, for use after a communinst takeover. Interesting.
DesertRhino wrote:
“As for individual action, thats the best of all.”
and TheBigJ wrote:
“Ah, but there will be no more free Wacos, that is what’s changed…”
How do you explain the absence of resistance in the door-to-door “gun grab” that went on in New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina? This is a real scenario, vis-a-vis the huffin’ ‘n’ puffin’ I’ve been reading about in this forum. How many gun owners successfully resisted confiscation?
In New Orleans, it was just local police that did the confiscation, is that correct?
Next time, it WON’T be the “locals”. It will be highly-trained units skilled in confiscation and the detection of hidden arms. What will change to make the results different when that day comes?
My earlier predictions stand. If there is an attempt at confiscation, I expect individual resistance, but that alone will not be enough in itself to effectively stop such confiscations, nor will it force an increasingly totalitarian regime to reconsider its tactics. Even the most vocal “resistors” will, as the confrontation looms, think of their families and their own futures. It’s just human nature to do so.
What WILL mount an effective “front” against the DC feds will be the resistance by one or more state governments, under the direction of the governors, supported by the National Guard and state police (and lower police departments) of such states. When the officers of the “gun units” are forced to confront officers of comparable training on the other side, representing a legitimate civilian government, THAT may make the forces of confrontation consider whether their actions are worth continuing...