I'm not saying to cower, I'm just pointing this out because a lot of people, likely including the leaders of these states, are still of the mindset that the proper, and therefore only, path of "resistance" is through lawsuits and picket-sign demonstrations.
I fear that they are going to be utterly shocked, and more importantly, unprepared, if and when the reaction to this "resistance" is lawless mass incarceration and murder.
I think they will be prepared to make dire examples of any state that so openly defies them. Insurrection Act, federal troops losing all pretext of "law enforcement action" and just going apeshit, finally ending with the arrest and/or execution of governors, state legislators, and anyone else involved they can get their hands on.
I mean...they are making a lot of them, but they're earmarked for militaries and other actual users. Civilian builds are almost always limited drops of factory second tubes put together by small businesses from my understanding.
You have to give Uhaul a copy of your driver's license to rent a truck. If the plates are caught, a detective can run down when and where it was rented, and therefore by whom, should they choose to put the legwork in.
Though it's probably better than most personal vehicles in the last 10 years that are basically snitching smartphones on wheels.
Yeah, it's more an issue of someone was able to steal Army property and they want to make an example of them. You can buy all that legally in one day with just a driver's license in GA.
My guess is that the pistols are gone at this point. One or two will turn up at auction in 15-20 years "Genuine US Army Issued!" at which point the Army will demand them back, but the chain of ownership will be too convoluted or lost to press charges.
If cops get return fire in a (leftist) protest/riot, they'll come back with MRAPs and live rounds and re-enact Kent State. They live for that moment.
Oh, and that magnifier is on a Unity FAST mount, and yes, it flips up to get in position. It's on a higher sight plane along with the Eotech to help with shooting while using things like night vision goggles, and a lot of people say it's more natural and comfortable for fast shooting in general. It's actually some Gucci shit and looks squared away to me.
I'd hope that would be horrific and plain enough to be the "come to Jesus" moment that would start a widespread coup against him. Or at the very least cause one (1) USSS agent to pull their SIG and put one in his head for the team.
Our adversaries would have a difficult time invading even a fractured US, nobody really has the naval forces to pull it off besides us. If they did try, it would be with the help of a former American faction that would be foolish enough to believe the leopard wouldn't eat them.
I think they would be more interested in taking the opening to settle their regional aspirations. Taiwan, SE Asia, the Balkans and Eastern Europe...
Protocol on incendiary weapons states that using them in civilian area, such as in a marketplace in an urban area that was not properly evacuated, is prohibited.
And we actually signed that one, which is surprising considering how many protocols and treaties we are not party to.
Not this decade, but during the battles of Fallujah we gave the civilians there 24 hours to evacuate, and then after that the official rules of engagement were pretty damn close to "everyone left is presumed to be an Al Qaeda militant." They were allowed to shoot people with phones or radios in their hands on sight. We also bombed the fuck out of that city, including with white phosphorous. We know WP was used because there was a recorded friendly fire incident with it.
And all of this was basically reprisal for the killings of those four Blackwater mercenaries.
Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if developed countries start refusing entry even to educated Americans on general principle. We fucking suck, and we've burned a lot of what little good will we have as a people.
And even if you did get in, you would probably have to deal with that animosity from the locals.
This isn't a debate of legal or logical consistency, this is a power play. Investigations and charges of treason are for the opposition, not the Party and those loyal.
I think the seeming lack of bad will against him stems from the fact that he didn't kill anyone but himself. Just a righteous (or rather self-righteous) rampage of property damage.
...except that he absolutely intended to kill people considering the arsenal of firearms and shooting ports in his contraption.
Armalisation