Mass shootings

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(02-19-2018, 03:19 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Do you think the Taliban still exists because we haven't been bothered to finally finish them off?




Yet you think that a war against it's own citizens would play out better?




There are literally millions of gun owners in the US.  Let's say only 10% of those owners would fight back against US "tyranny".  That would still be around 10 million people.  You also assume US soldiers would have no qualms about firing on US civilians.  Again, let me make this clear for our resident word twisters (not referring to you btw), I'm not saying such a scenario is likely, it's not.  But to say that an armed civilian populace wouldn't prove to be an immense challenge for any military is asinine.  Stop thinking about conventional warfare, an armed populace wouldn't fight that way.  It would be guerrilla, partisan, warfare and it would be brutal.  Such a fight nullifies many of the advantages a modern military has, as evidenced by Iraq and Afghanistan.  Iraq tried to fight a conventional war, they got their asses kicked.  The Taliban went into insurgency mode, which is why they still exists and are a major pain in the ass.  In Vietnam the VC proved far more challenging to deal with than the NVA.  Unlike the French we beat the dog shit out of the NVA , we won every military engagement of significance.

Good points. 

I will say though that when I think about the US fignting against its own citizenry, I usually imagine a distopian future where some kid is flying drone strikes against faceless targets 100's of miles away.  Maybe we need to include the ability for the public to own armed drones to fight tyranny, not being facetious at all.  

Quote:Not really.  Like I said, a infantryman and his rifle is the best combat system on the planet.  If military body armor developed to the point that modern small arms are ineffectual against a soldier, then your point will become much more valid.

Unfortunately I read this and immediately thought of kids going to school in bullet proof vests.  All it takes is big kevlar getting in the pockets of some politician.