Reply #1: Local police. State troopers. State militias. Private security guards, bodyguards, etc. RW nuts

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with weapons. Homeland Security personnel in every and major city. FBI. CIA. People in every federal department whose job requires them to carry firearms. The U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. armed forces.

(Q. What is the biggest military unit in the world? A. The U.S. Army. Q. What is the second largest? A. The U.S. Navy)

Did I miss anyone?

And most of the foregoing tend to lean right.

And that is why I have had fleeting thoughts about learning how to shoot, even though I have preached anti-war and anti-violence throughout my life (so far, anyway).

Then again, what chance would I have? It wouldn't exactly be a level playing field.