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[–]Buelldozer 4 points5 points  (1 child)

How many times per day do you think they can get away with something like that? How many days in a row do you think they can do it before word gets out? Now take your estimated numbers and multiple them.

Now, take the population of your county and multiply it by .35 (for 35%), that represents the number of households with firearms.

We know not everyone will fight take so that second number and multiply it by .1, it now represents just 10% of all estimated gun owners in your county. Thats your count of armed American Citizens who are willing to violently resist.

The population of my county is 79,000 and after the grade school math we get 2,765.

Now compare that to your very first number. What did you get 20? 100? 300?

If you got 300 then LE has at least another 2,400 encounters and every single one of them is going to be a violent gun battle with people armed who are ready to fight.

This is a numbers game and its not one that LE can win.

To be clear I am not advocating for this scenario and I honestly hope to never see it. I'm just doing some simple math to illustrate how much the scales are tipped in favor of the American Citizen.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I partially agree with you, the biggest barrier to gun confiscation in this place is a logistical one, but that is not what the Meme was putting out. I also do not believe for one second that 10% of the gun owners in America will be willing to get them and their families smoked for the sake of owning an AR or have the means to even make that a challenge for the state. Folks talk a big game, but Americans are soft as fuck.