In the years leading to WWII the people of Germany were prohibited to own guns other than as part of hunting clubs, and “hunting clubs” sprung up across the nation - sometimes during their training the future soldiers were given broom sticks in place of guns.
I prescribe a couple of big “camping trips”, maybe one in the American Redoubt and one along the border with Mexico ... complete with training sessions and presentations from professionals.
Campers with broom sticks could man military-style checkpoints to control traffic.
Basically I’m suggesting some “shows of force” that would also provide training and provide opportunites for networking - events that would let the political class know that the situation is escalating to the next level.
Just thinking out loud here - maybe I’m too radical?
Not at all. I’ve long thought that a weeks long re-enactment of the American Revolutionary War should be conducted in and around Washington, DC, Virginia, etc., complete with large-scale encampments, musketry, cannonry, formations, skirmishes, marches, etc. Let the sound of cannons echo through the canyons of DC.
Just thinking out loud here - maybe I’m too radical?
Probably not radical enough. Training with broomsticks when we have enough arms to arm litterally every A M E R I C A N man woman and child that inhabits the country.