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    “You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple. You don’t have that right to break the law and incite violence,” Kash Patel said. Like Kyle Rittenhouse? Or all the other cosplaying Meal Team Six smooth brains that like to counterprotest? Cool, cool, cool

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      You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple."

      –2nd Amendment, Constitution, United States of America

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      “When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.”

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      In case anyone forgot, Rittenhouse went to a protest with a loaded rifle looking for a fight, shot two three people, walked away untouched, was acquitted, and got speaking gigs on conservative TV shows. You can do whatever you want as long as you’re on the “right” side.

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      They’re scared shitless that Minnesotans will realize they can legally carry rifles (they need a handgun permit tho) and ICE only has pistols

      They’re already out numbered 10-1 everytime they get out of their trucks.

      CCWs don’t help, because they’re not a visual deterrent and the act of drawing would get you shot.

      But a big fuck off rifle will make them get back in the truck. America has a dark history, so fuck it let’s co-opt it.

      Let’s see how the racists feel when they get followed everywhere by a group of people with rifles.

      I have a feeling bare minimum they won’t be so quick to escalate to violence.

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        That’s exactly what they’re looking for to justify escalation. “Look the protestors have rifles now, we need assault rifles.” The only alternative is to show up with enough people that they don’t have the bullets to stop them. Otherwise you’re playing into their hands.

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          The US military is great at fighting other militaries. It’s terrible at fighting resistance movements. It’s why it lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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            And Vietnam, and south America, it’s why the Russians can’t take Ukraine. When the citizens are willing to be part of the war effort you cannot stop an insurgency without removing that will to fight, or killing every single person.

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            Yeah, but against people with portable ATGMs, like Javelins or NLAWs. Anything else is not going to make a dent in an Abrams tank.

            Also, they’d be much more likely to send in IFVs, like Bradleys. They’re much “better” equipped to deal with “people”.

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            An unprotected tank in a city is an easy target. Approach from the side or rear and get any large, hard object in the treads, and it’ll throw the track and be effectively immobilized.

            Any tank driver will avoid driving over obstacles for this reason. It’s not a monster truck, so even a couple cars forming a barricade with either block them out, or make them go around, perhaps onto a street of your choosing.

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              Its worth looking into chemical reactions. Keep in mind a bomb is anything that holds pressure until it suddenly doesnt. With a little ingenuity you can make almost anything into a bomb, and there are jo personel defenses and few vehicular defenses against a properly prepared bomb.

              No gun will save you from the government. They will always have more force than you. But if you can force them to come to you, you can control where engagements happen. The geneva convention only applies to governments, the rest of the world is not going to care about you using biological or chemical weapons against your government.

              Get a gasmask, bleach and ammonia mixed make chlorine gas. Leave barrels of gasoline around your property and practice shooting. You can get mercury out of old thermometers and use them to make tilt switches so that when someone steps on something, it activates. Timothy mcveigh (horrible dude, im not glorifying him here) showed how effective fertilizer bombs can be.

              To be clear, im not advocating for any of this, simply listing your options.

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              Gasoline, Diesel, napalm if you can get it, basically all vehicles are susceptible to having their engine compartment lit on fire since even if it doesn’t destroy it outright something important will get cooked. Otherwise pits work great if you can build them, undermining a road could backfire but blowing up a overflow cistern could have a similar effect if needed.

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              Literally just Molotov cocktails lobbed at the engine bay ventilation from an elevated location. It’ll make them overheat and die. And maybe set up some zip lines in advance or something.

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      They pardoned the january 6 people. I guess that only counts if you’re specifically aiding Trump in a crime.

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        1. Powerful, often exclusionary, populist nationalism centered on cult of a redemptive, “infallible” leader who never admits mistakes.

        2. Political power derived from questioning reality, endorsing myth and rage, and promoting lies.

        3. Fixation with perceived national decline, humiliation, or victimhood.

        4. White Replacement “Theory” used to show that democratic ideals of freedom and equality are a threat.Oppose any initiatives or institutions that are racially, ethnically, or religiously harmonious.

        5. Disdain for human rights while seeking purity and cleansing for those they define as part of the nation.

        6. Identification of “enemies”/scapegoats as a unifying cause. Imprison and/or murder opposition and minority group leaders.

        7. Supremacy of the military and embrace of paramilitarism in an uneasy, but effective collaboration with traditional elites. Fascists arm people and justify and glorify violence as “redemptive”.

        8. Rampant sexism.

        9. Control of mass media and undermining “truth”.

        10. Obsession with national security, crime and punishment, and fostering a sense of the nation under attack.

        11. Religion and government are intertwined.

        12. Corporate power is protected and labor power is suppressed.

        13. Disdain for intellectuals and the arts not aligned with the fascist narrative.

        14. Rampant cronyism and corruption. Loyalty to the leader is paramount and often more important than competence.

        15. Fraudulent elections and creation of a one-party state.

        16. Often seeking to expand territory through armed conflict.