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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Yeah right. If I'm living in "Red Dawn," then he's living in "Patriot Games" or some book in which the military technology is infallible. 1. The government is not going to mount a full-scale military assault on an individual or small group (waco notwithstanding). To do so would invite more trouble than it was worth. Almost certainly stir up support. They're more likely to send somebody like the BATF... and you could see how long a few people managed to hold THEM off. 2. As I said before, anything which would get me that involved would have to be big enough to involve a lot of other people. So the "lone defender" postulate you keep using is silly. 3. By the time the govt. would come looking for inoffensive subtle sneaky little old me, the situation would likely have deteriorated to the point that even parts of the military would be untrustworthy, so the "vs. the whole armed forces" part is equally ludicrous. 4. Even if I agree that a handgun is a 'last resort backup,' other currently legal weapons are not. Shotguns, rifles, etc. A person who knows how to use it can inflict a lot of damage with a rifle and be gone before the airstrikes come. 5. Speaking of these hypothetical airstrikes... have we seen any footage of airstrike victims from Afghanistan? I mean, besides the convoy which was in a nice straight line out in the open? Airstrikes didn't win 'Nam, or Panama, or even the Persian Gulf War. An air attack ended WWII in the Pacific, but I don't think the US is willing to nuke their own neighborhoods. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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