• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    14 hours ago

    Yeah, I’m an American leftist and this is my take. I’m not anti-gun. I’d say I’m pro-responsible-gun-ownership. However, some people (leftists and conservatives) think they could beat the US military in a straight up fight. They can’t. It doesn’t matter how many guns you have.

    If it comes to it it’ll be won by gorilla warfare. It’ll be hit-and-run tactics and explosives. If you get shot at, you’re probably fucked. You’ll be hiding in the woods or in caves, or potentially within the populace, and taking opportune moments, mostly just hiding and waiting —slowly wearing them down over years, maybe decades.

    There is something to be said about military defectors though. If it gets to the point of civil war, some amount of military personnel will side against the government, and they’ll bring equipment with them. Maybe they will sometimes fight head on, but it’ll still be uncommon.

    It’ll be bloody and horrible, and very messy. The number of weapons you start with won’t matter. Most will probably be taken from the military, and they won’t be what wins the war anyway.