Horsefeathers, Farricon's "army" of street thugs & gangbangers wouldn't last five minutes against our National Guard. And, if by some miracle they broke through them, there are a few million citizens (many with combat experience) with well maintained zeroed weapons.
Not so fast, some militia are better armed then the National Guard and train every day, know the area better then the National Guard and are the aggressors with no rules of war as the National Guard has.
These Rebels have no rules of warfare, they can pillage and rape, and kill at will. Slash and burn to their hearts content while our Military has to play by the rules.
Remember Katrina when the National Guard was afraid to go into gang controlled areas. This was an eye opener for me, just 3 city blocks that the National Guard could not control because of the regulations and laws.
An all out civil strife we cannot depend on our National Guard for help. Our Military cannot protect us as they cannot come in and fight against American Citizens that may be fighting against each other.
Civilians can be armed but, when faced with Rebels with rocket launchers and machine guns, all the big stuff that is stolen or given away by the government, sold at auction and rebuilt by the buyer, we do not have a chance.
Say those 57 States Obama tells about I wonder where the last 7 are. We cannot go to Guam as we are told the island may tip over if everyone heads for the west shore.
What about American Samoa, or Porto Rico, Panama is nice. has to be somewhere we can run to when the SHTF, same as the Europeans ran to the new Continent. Shit, anyone willing to live at the north pole ????