> Sure they "could" but will they. Right now the mainland populace knows nothing of this. If you let it turn into a bloodbath that could create a big enough int

> Sure they "could" but will they. Right now the mainland populace knows nothing of this. If you let it turn into a bloodbath that could create a big enough international incident that people could find out. Is it worth the risk? Sorry it wasn't clear, I was talking about the police in the USA and the second amendment. I was explaining why I think civils having weapons just doesn't mean much against the current government. > the police need to want to prevent violent retribution if the locals want to inflict it Sure, we all agree. Here the gov/police is orchestrating the violence, so I guess we also agree they don't want to prevent it.