Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest

  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    120 guns per 100 people in the US. Venezuela? 18.5 guns per 100 people.

    I’m not saying it would or should come to that, but if it did Americans are armed.

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      12 hours ago

      I think that’s a good point. Americans are heavily armed and those that are generally know how to use them, however a gun alone is not enough. You need to have the will and desire to use it.

      How many Americans do you believe will do that?

      How many Americans could even hold their own against a lightly armored squad?

      I just don’t believe in the fantasy of American citizens fighting the US government with their pistols and hunting rifles. I think that’s a story they sell us to make us feel like we have power.