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In reply to the discussion: for gun fools claiming that their guns are to protect them from the government. [View all]R_Flagg_77
(34 posts)That a civil war would occur over firearms? Short of anything extreme, which won't come to pass, firearms won't be a cause of a civil war in the United States. My scenario does not list a cause, I'm simply delving into the true nature of such a conflict. What might cause an internal conflict is of no interest to me, as it isn't likely to happen.
You also missed my point, how do you know that people stockpiling for such a scenario aren't in your neck of the woods? I'm not trying to describe a mountain man character with a beard and a compound out by the river; the people I'm describing would be nondescript, buying enough food to feed a typical family of four or five for a month, while only being a family of two on a weekly shopping trip. Have you ever seen a couple go through a checkout line with two shopping carts full of food? It might be they're stockpiling for something.
What you might take for earthquake supplies might have other purposes. You can't tell automatically who would be a potential insurgent and who wouldn't. Thats the point of an insurgency, you blend into the civilian population to commit your attacks, giving you safe harbor from enemy forces; (or safer harbor than wearing a distinctive uniform and conducting yourself as a standing army would).