• samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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      I don’t know why people think guns are a magic bullet (ha!) that will keep you safe from the gestapo. As soon as ICE thugs get shot, the real military will be sent in to crack down, and they have far more firepower than any civilian.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        have far more firepower than any civilian.

        I guess if they want to start using heavy ordinances, armed drones, etc.

        In reality some of these militia groups have basically the same guns, same training and same equipment as the military. All it takes is someone with an FFL 9 or higher and they have access to all types of explosive weaponry.

        The major advantages of the military are numbers, transportation logistics and communications. If you control communications you control the battlefield.

        Unfortunately most of these groups are ICE as their day jobs… But it gets dangerous when it gets too close to their neighborhoods.

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      where are these statistics from? because the leftists i know only admit they have firearms to their closest friends and allies.

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      Tbh I am surprised how low it is in Texas but maybe that has changed since 2016 because they relaxed laws since then.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        I am not, big cities and the land is really rural. Hard to balance out all the people in cities. Also remember that map is “ownership” per household. They could have the exact same percentage of household ownership as New Mexico, but each household might have 10x the number of guns.