[QUOTE=TH89;21029275]Here's how this works:
The government's laws are ultimately enforced by the threat of violence. If you break the speed limit and get a ticket, and don't pay the ticket, you'll be fined further, until ultimately they'll send cops to get you and put you in jail. If you resist, the cops will strongarm you. If you resist violently, with WEAPONS, the cops will SHOOT you. If you shoot all the cops, they will send a SWAT team. If you kill the SWAT team, they will send the National Guard. It doesn't matter how big your rifle is--the government can throw more and better-equipped people at you as long as they need to. Sooner or later, you WILL lose, probably by virtue of being dead.
If you point guns at the people who want to raise your taxes, or whatever right you feel is being infringed, they will not say "oh, now that you put it that way, we'll get right back to capitol hill and repeal that!" They will arrest you. If you shoot at them, they will kill you.
To summarize, "standing your ground" = you are dead. Overthrowing the government is the only form of armed resistance that can potentially end any other way.[/QUOTE]
Related:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Siege[/url]
TL;DR
"DEM GUVMINT OUT TO GET US LET'S STOCKPILE GUNS AND AMMO AND HIDE IN OUR COMPOUND AND WAIT FOR JEEBUS"
They were pretty heavily armed:
[quote]243 total firearms, including two 50 caliber semi-automatic rifles, numerous tactical rifles (semiautomatic AK-47s and AR-15s), shotguns, revolvers and pistols[83]
46 semiautomatic firearms modified to fire in full automatic mode (included on above list): 22 M-16 Type Rifles, 20 AK-47 Type Rifles, 2 Heckler and Koch SP-89, 2 M-11/Nine[51]
two AR-15 lower receivers also modified to fire in full automatic mode[51]
4 Live M-21 Practice Hand Grenades[51]
16 handguns,
10 rifles
39 "full auto sears" devices used to convert semi-automatic weapons into automatic weapons,
parts for fully automatic AK-47 and M16 rifles,
30 round magazines and 100 round magazines for M-16 and AK-47 rifles,
pouches to carry large ammunition magazines,
substantial quantities of ammunition of various sizes (including .50 caliber armor piercing ammunition, 10,000 rounds of 9 mm ammunition and 10,000 rounds of .223 caliber ammunition),
grenade launcher parts,
flare launchers,
Ka-bar fighting knives,
night vision equipment,
hundreds of practice hand grenades hulls and components (including 200+ Inert M31 Practice Rifle Grenades, 100+ Modified M-21 Practice Hand Grenade bodies, 219 Grenade Safety Pins, 243 Grenade Safety Levers found after the fire),[51]
kevlar helmets,
bullet proof vests
other similar equipment.
88 lower receivers for the AR-15 rifle
21 Sound suppressors or silencers (found after assault)[51]
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Didn't work out so well for them.
[img]http://mylifeofcrime.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/branch-davidian.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=PaChIrA;21019715]Nsf![/QUOTE]
lol
[QUOTE=TH89;21029275]Here's how this works:
The government's laws are ultimately enforced by the threat of violence. If you break the speed limit and get a ticket, and don't pay the ticket, you'll be fined further, until ultimately they'll send cops to get you and put you in jail. If you resist, the cops will strongarm you. If you resist violently, with WEAPONS, the cops will SHOOT you. If you shoot all the cops, they will send a SWAT team. If you kill the SWAT team, they will send the National Guard. It doesn't matter how big your rifle is--the government can throw more and better-equipped people at you as long as they need to. Sooner or later, you WILL lose, probably by virtue of being dead.
If you point guns at the people who want to raise your taxes, or whatever right you feel is being infringed, they will not say "oh, now that you put it that way, we'll get right back to capitol hill and repeal that!" They will arrest you. If you shoot at them, they will kill you.
To summarize, "standing your ground" = you are dead. Overthrowing the government is the only form of armed resistance that can potentially end any other way.[/QUOTE]
Exactly.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21029314]
[img]http://mylifeofcrime.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/branch-davidian.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Yeah the government didn't do too well against them until they bombed the building which had 20 children and 2 pregnant women in it.
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