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"I don't think the nation has been this dangerously split since 1860."

Mmmm...I don't know about that. IMO, those who fear the abuse of Federal authority are in the minority.

The more I talk with people about things like this, the more I am convinced that the majority of our society are the duller knives in the drawer.

They are sheep, following the media shepperd from one fantasy pasture to another.

Just look at the magazine racks at the grocery store. That is where Joe and Jane Blow get their news about what is important. For the most part the teasers read: ....."10 sex secrets that will drive your mate wild", "Fat Free Fun", "Brittany and Justin's Hot Date", etc. etc.

The bulk of society does'nt want to contemplate the potential nastiness that a loss of constitutional rights will entail. They want safety and perceive LEOs as offering that safety: "they will be there for us", "we don't need a gun", "that is what the police are for".

The constitution of the United States of America is a dusty old piece of paper as far as these people are concerned.

With a few exceptions, the outlying, rural areas are the only places I've managed to meet a few "reloaders" and other types who are preparing for the coming storm. The exceptions are several liberal types who see Patriot Act for what it is, but they have essentially nuetered themselves with passifism and will fold in with the rest of the sheep when the time comes.

I agree with your overall assessment and numbers. We are not the majority, Sheeple Nation is.

But we are motivated, armed, and have the Constitution as a bedrock to anchor us.

I've come up with a "social plate tectonics" analogy, where most of our country is in a slow, steady, powerful socialist drift. Sooner or later there is going to be a rupture, a crack where the bedrock constitutionalists will say NO MORE!

That may arrive at the point of gun confiscation over 30 year old misdemeanors, when the JBTs are getting ultra-legalistic to devise strategems for civilian disarmament, while blatantly in-our-faces ignoring squatter villages of illegal criminal invaders.