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Originally Posted by MT2008
Oliveria is wrong; cops would not be any better as guerrillas than civilians. And it has NOTHING to do with the types of guns.
Like way too many pro-RKBAers, you are thinking about this way too much in terms of weaponry. If you wanted to fight a guerrilla war against either an invading army or a totalitarian government (or both), guns are just about the last thing to be concerned about. I'd worry a little more about your ability to survive outside of modern civilization - no electricity, scarce food, poor weather - for a start. Also what would happen if you ever got captured - how well can you withstand torture? Start thinking about those things, and start thinking about how many Americans besides yourself would fare any better - after spending all of their lives living better than anyone else in the world. On the list of things to think about in preparation for guerrilla war, guns should be about 100th, if that. (And no, that's not an exact scientific estimate, but you get my point).
Another thing I find ridiculous is pro-RKBAers always claim that criminals can always get guns on the black market, but civilians can't. I do hope you realize that, assuming civilians were willing to form militias to overthrow an oppressive government, international arms dealers are almost always the first people to take advantage of wars nowadays? Sometimes, even rival governments are willing to serve the same purpose. I think it rather neatly undermines some of the basic premises of pro-gun arguments.
But again, the big "if" here is whether or not the average American would really be willing to become a guerrilla, or at least provide support to the guerrillas. I'm rather doubtful that would happen. Even those survivalist nutcases are not guerrilla material, no matter what they believe.
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Thanks for pointing out that i was wrong.
Matt is right (as always) most of the stuff guerrillas endure would break the mind of your average american. There is also the issue of military vehicles. If the Soviets invaded, you can be damm sure they wouln't give a shit about collateral damage. MiGs would have been bombing entire towns and citys that had anything that could help the US Government. Hell, they could even fire bomb citys, if the Soviet had napalm or the something like it. There is also training. A lot of people will learn how to reload weapons and all that, but what about knowing how to fight the enemy? Especially without vehicles. The arms dealers could sell vehicles to the rebels and maybe even train them, but i doubt that. Some one correct me if i'm wrong.