Originally Posted by
gabe
Sorry to jump into you guys' debate but...
I think we are forgetting that a large number of the U.S. population has served and been trained in our awesome military. Thus, we do have the training needed to defend ourselves from the government. And anyone that has been trained, can train. The military trains you to be a leader also. So we would have a bunch of military trained leaders teaching the rest of the "militia".
Not to mention, our current military is just like you and me... they have just as much right to decide to fight with the government or against the government.
The only disadvantage would be our lack of good weapons. We would be going up against a military with jets, tanks, ships etc... basically all the resources it could handle. Including satellite observation.... scary
But, if we were not restricted in the arms we are able to bear, I think that people would have a better chance of overthrowing a tyrannical government.