Thus far, Trump has not raised the possibility of sending actual troops to Ontario. Instead, he seems to believe he can achieve this Canadian Anschluss by simply crushing Canada’s economy and leaving it no choice but to join the US.
But Canada in 2025 is not Austria in 1938. “Canada will never, ever be part of America,” declared newly elected Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney last week, making the country’s position crystal clear. And, last month, the Canadian Armed Forces announced that after years of declining enrollment, it had seen a surge in enlistments since Trump took office, with about 1,000 more applicants than last year. (Canadian officials couldn’t attribute the new rash of interest to Trump’s threats, but they didn’t rule it out, either.)
Given that Canada will never voluntarily join the US—which it is adamant about—would Trump try to use force to annex it? And would Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth go along with this crazy plan?
This. My standard handgun is laughable compared to the military grade weapons that both the police and the military have.
People have been saying “It’s time to pick up arms and use the second amendment as intended” but in reality, the people who do that will be shot as soon as they raise their weapon. It’s suicide by cop/military.
And yet poorly armed civilians have overthrown governments. Why is that? Could it be that relative firepower is not the only factor?
Also, even if it’s a matter of force meeting force, focused application of force at a critical point is determinative, not overall force. History is full of cases where smaller forces won.
I think we were simply discussing initial happenings not so much long term.
An AR15 or AK is plenty good enough. And if you have the money you can also get basically whatever night/thermal vision equipment your wallet can handle. At least in the USA still. If your handgun doesn’t feel like enough (I agree that it’s not) then I suggest you get yourself a long gun (and lots of ammo) before you can’t anymore. Silver lining to all this bullshit is guns and ammo are as cheap as they’ve been in a long time. Unfortunately no one has any money…
Also you’re right about it being suicide. But that’s only if you’re alone. Open carrying during protests has historically actually been pretty effective at keeping the peace. That’s also how guns got/get banned though. The Black Panthers and Ronald Reagan for example.
You’re assuming individual citizens are going to directly face the military. It’ll be a guerilla war fought by irregulars. Militaries are piss-poor at putting those down, especially against their own citizens. You hit them where they aren’t, not where they expect you.
You’re assuming that I’m assuming things… All I stated was that US civilians have access to military grade firearms and accessories and that person (and people in general) should procure one for themself. Also mentioned some stuff about open carrying at protests…