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I'm not saying they're dumb, you're right many people will have law enforcement and military experience. But they simply won't be equipped and supplied like normal forces, and I think that's the key difference. And yes, I agree that there could be a strong resistance movement to whatever happens by armed citizens, since guns are everywhere.

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Viet Cong, French Indian War, George Washington, County Jones, and Benjamin Martin are just a few times in American History where a lack of arms or training did not result as you're expecting.

It's amazing how quickly you can teach someone how to handle themselves in a combat situation when their life depends on it. We're talking days.

Yea, I can tell you its already happening in PA.

A lot of those are poor examples because the gap between s peasant and a professional soldier has become much larger over time, particularly over the last century.

Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria.

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