There is talk about how many riflemen live in America, and whether that group of people can be an effective force against the State.
Militia.
Not an organized militia like OVM, filled with men and women who train and study and walk the walk.
But an unorganized militia, much like the Founders and Framers had in mind.
Is not the very definition of the unorganized militia essentially: Guys and gals with their own firearms and gear showing up to defend home & hearth? Will not the unorganized militia consist of former military members who bring much to the table? Will there not be doctors and plumbers and linemen who know how things work and how to break said things? Will not unorganized militia be contacted by organized militia such as OVM when the world gets ugly? Will not the unorganized militia be as motivated to protect their home as the organized and the military man?
One of the prudent concerns is how do we get from step one (guys and gals with guns) to step three (victory). Step two is often a soupy grey of undefined maybes and what ifs.
Much depends on the acts and actions of the enemy. Much will be seat-of-the-pants and make-it-up-as-you-go when it comes to the unorganized militia in America. It is simple reality.
Here's a test to help you decide if a few million guys and gals with deer rifles can be a potent weapon in the field against statist intentions: Think back to your youth when hunting was new to you. Think about your father, or uncle, and the guys at camp around the fire.
In an ugly world, if you were tasked with getting from Point A to Point B, but you knew there were 20-50 guys and gals from deer hunting camps between A & B, would you be worried about your odds of success? Even if you had light armor and trained troops with full auto weapons?
I suspect most guys and gals at those camps of my youth would put the fear of God in any Statist tasked with challenging them. Average Americans have proved time and again the ability to adapt, improvise and overcome. You think that is dead in most Americans today? Maybe. But if only 10% of deer hunters decided to defend home & hearth, capable of putting .30-.06 fire on targets at 300 yards, capable of picking the time and place of engagements, capable of dialing into their local community to find out where the Bad Guys are and when they will be there.
In Calvert County Maryland where I spent most of my youth and teen years, among watermen and good ol' boys, you'd better believe there were "Intel Networks" in place that were very accurate and effective. And all those good ol' boys could drop a deer at 300 yards with a spotlight and didi before LEO showed up. If I had to drive down Maryland Route 4 with a convoy, and I knew my uncle and his buddies were there, somewhere, and determined to deny the route, I'd place my money on them.
And the old guys who don't have what it takes to hump a ruck any more? A man in a rocking chair on a porch overlooking a road, with a deer rifle and an FU attitude, is a problem for anyone he doesn't want passing that road.
Don't worry about the unorganized militia. Real Americans will step up and crush the learning curve. Lazy Americans will die. It is win-win for Liberty.
Stop worrying so much about what others are doing, and put yourself in a position to take point when those good ol' boys decide to leave the porch. Make sure you have a few extras of essentials to fill in the gaps of their gear.
And you should find comfort in the knowledge that most Statist activity will be limited to major metro areas and their immediate suburbs.
Kerodin
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