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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by antoko on Monday June 10, 2013 @12:54PM (#5855583)
If you've got the popular support you're eluding to you'd be fine with baseball bats and molotov cocktails. You'd also be fine to steal the guns and other weapons of military/police forces as you have victorious encounters. You wouldn't actually need the guns in the first place.
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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by mindcrime on Monday June 10, 2013 @01:02PM (#5855636)
Maybe not, but I'd prefer not to handicap myself right out of the gate.
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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by zanny on Monday June 10, 2013 @02:27PM (#5856108)
It is much harder to start a revolution with steak knives than hunting rifles. I mean, consider why you don't actively participate in violent revolution right now (assuming you are dissenting against your government for some reason). Usually, it is because of the risk of injury and death.

You do reduce it when you bring a gun to a tank / plane / automatic weapons fight, rather than a knife. It isn't meant to provide all the armaments you need, but it leaves you a starting point.

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