Any able bodied citizen between the ages of 16 to 65 is considered a member of the militia (and thus why civilians can be 'deputized' to form up a posse during manhunts). All the way up to WW1 well-to-do citizens would foot the bill for the purchase of cannons, horses and firearms to be kept for their local armory. There as a story of three well-to-do Americans traveling trhough France during the Revolution, that were looking for a high-quality cannon for their artillery componet of their militia unit.
If you are qualified to fly a helicopter, you should then be able to acquire a helicopter gunship or transport. Being armed only with handguns and hunting rifles wouldn't stand a chance against an opressive state/federal government whose troops are armed with heavy weapons and armored vehicles.
The founders were very set on this... they wanted the progression of greiences to go... Soap box, Ballot Box, Jury Box and finally the Munition Box if nothing else has worked to get the government back into their limits and out of the lives of the citizens they are intruding upon.
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Fuck being a hero. Do you know what you get for being a hero? Nothing! You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah blah blah, attaboy! You get divorced... Your wife can't remember your last name, your kids don't want to talk to you... You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy. I do this because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it, I would let them do it. There's not, so I'm doing it.
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