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The Mathematics of Countering Tyranny
The Survival Blog ^ | 15 May 2018 | JAMES WESLEY RAWLES

Posted on 05/15/2018 7:37:44 PM PDT by Politically Correct

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Did my best to format this. The article is not exerpted but may be better read at the site. It is a blog but it's not mine.

I used to own a lot of these weapons but lost them all in a tragic canoe accident.

1 posted on 05/15/2018 7:37:44 PM PDT by Politically Correct
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To: Politically Correct
Only 360K M1A's?

Okay, if they think so.

2 posted on 05/15/2018 7:52:14 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Politically Correct

The disclaimers are prominent and, in effect, false. It is an excellent piece. It collects a lot in one place. Read it and digest it.


3 posted on 05/15/2018 7:56:05 PM PDT by arthurus (9)
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To: Politically Correct
It makes me feel good to know that Big Brother has no idea where those guns are, and who owns them.

So Rawles believes that the federales don't game the background check system? I'm not so sure that they don't. In fact, I think they do game it.

4 posted on 05/15/2018 8:04:59 PM PDT by bkopto
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So Rawles believes that the federales don't game the background check system? I'm not so sure that they don't. In fact, I think they do game it.

I also believe that they game the system....but I've bought and sold a lot of guns over the years to and from private individuals. I'm pretty sure I'm not unique among gun owners.
Admittedly, I've filled out "the form" more than once so they know where at least one gun is.

5 posted on 05/15/2018 8:10:06 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: Deaf Smith

Interesting article. There are a fair number of older folks who Know Stuff and have Skills. We will go to war.


6 posted on 05/15/2018 8:30:51 PM PDT by Noumenon (It isn't racist if it's true, is it?)
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What is to prevent a gun owner from calling in a tip on their liberal Pain in the A** neighbor and waiting on the feds to SWAT the libs and then be in place behind them to take out the second set of libs and then collect their guns and ammo to arm people on their side, but not paying attention?


7 posted on 05/15/2018 8:34:06 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: bkopto

I’m certain they try to keep track through the background check system, which is why we must never let them make private sales illegal.
That’s what the push for “universal” background checks is all about.
Backdoor registration.


8 posted on 05/15/2018 8:54:10 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Politically Correct

So sorry about Your accident.


9 posted on 05/15/2018 9:03:26 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Politically Correct

For later digestion! Great article to forward to my gun grabbing friends and relatives!


10 posted on 05/15/2018 9:25:30 PM PDT by The FIGHTIN Illini (Wake up fellow Patriots before it's too late)
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To: Politically Correct

“10.) They will begin a War of Attrition on the Door Kickers, with tactics such as these:
A.) Ambushing SWAT vehicles while in transit, rather than waiting for the SWAT teams to set up raids.
B.) Ambushing individual SWAT team members at unexpected times and places–most likely at their homes.
C.) Sabotaging SWAT vehicles, most likely with time-delayed incendiaries.
D.) Targeting SWAT teams or individual team members while they are at home, in training, or when attending conventions.
E.) Harassing and intimidating individual SWAT team members and their families. The systematic burning of their privately-owned vehicles and their unoccupied homes and vacation cabins will be unmistakable threats.
11.) They will individually target “gun control” advocates, organizers, and group leaders.
12.) They will individually target the judges that issue gun seizure warrants.
13.) They will individually target journalists who have vocally advocated civilian disarmament.”


For educational purposes only:

http://madogre.com/OldMadOgre/Interviews/myths_molotovs.htm


11 posted on 05/15/2018 10:13:08 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Big Red Badger

Door Kickers BEWARE!


12 posted on 05/16/2018 4:34:31 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Politically Correct
Nor does it include guns that are legally made at home. (Typically made with 80% complete receivers.) Those home “builds” are becoming quite popular. Their ownership is mostly opaque to any would-be tyrants who might covet seizing them.

Mostly opaque? Only in a very few hyper-vigilant cases. Those who buy an 80% on the Internet or who buy in one swoop everything but the receiver will be assumed to have one of those home builds. There is no proof, but close enough. It would be prudent for those who would resist to keep their "official" firearms separate from their home build and face-to-face purchases, with particular care to keep jackboots from locating the less official weapons.

I believe that once it was started, the whole affray would be settled within just a few weeks or months.

Not a chance. The socialists would see their end goal, absolute power, within reach and would double down on their grab for tyranny. I suspect it would take years to reach the end, the battle would encompass all aspects of the social wars and of redistribution/reparations, and the number of casualties would be tens of millions, not mere thousands.

13 posted on 05/16/2018 5:00:16 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Pollster1; Politically Correct

Not a chance. The socialists would see their end goal, absolute power, within reach and would double down on their grab for tyranny. I suspect it would take years to reach the end, the battle would encompass all aspects of the social wars and of redistribution/reparations, and the number of casualties would be tens of millions, not mere thousands.

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14 posted on 05/16/2018 5:07:19 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Pollster1

The current efforts to oust the President are the doubling down


15 posted on 05/16/2018 5:11:42 AM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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To: Pollster1
It would be prudent for those who would resist to keep their "official" firearms separate from their home build and face-to-face purchases, with particular care to keep jackboots from locating the less official weapons.

It will do you no good to keep the weapons separate. When they come for the weapons it will be because they are already illegal to have.
They will take what they find and you as well.....to the camps with you!

No it's game on when they start busting down doors. It will be unlikely that you will be the first with a SWAT team on your stoop but unless you take action they will eventually get to you.

Might as well go down fighting on your own terms. Don't wait for them to come to you. You go to them.....in the dark of night. We know who they are and where they live and work.

16 posted on 05/16/2018 5:24:03 AM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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...and the number of casualties would be tens of millions, not mere thousands.

While I tend to agree with you, it would also depend on who those first casualties are.

17 posted on 05/16/2018 5:46:09 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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While I tend to agree with you, it would also depend on who those first casualties are.

I don't think so. The thug class sees those casualties, even among their leadership, as promotion opportunities. It's Game of Thrones, the Russian Revolution, and the War of the Roses - petty tyrant wannabes fighting for power and seeing each death above them as bringing them one step closer to the big prize.

18 posted on 05/16/2018 7:12:51 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Politically Correct
The government took "Unintended Consequences" to heart in a major way, which is why the book is no longer in print. Fortunately, there are copies online that have been scanned and OCRd to make it more widely available. It's not going to be nearly as easy as portrayed to take out random actors without lots of planning, and some luck. Why is it, do you think that there are cameras at virtually every intersection in the country? They are for surveillance to guard against exactly this eventuality.

In the eventuality outlined above, one of the first casualties should be those cameras.

19 posted on 05/16/2018 7:41:31 AM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: Ancesthntr

Great link. Very informative. Relevant to my interests.

I thought I knew everything there is to know about Molotov cocktails.

I was wrong!


20 posted on 05/16/2018 7:54:59 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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