My first step if getting my family to a safe location. Then the fight begins. But yes getting them to safety is my #1 goal

 

 

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..I like this idea as priority 1...good call

Griz, I think another very salient point about the difference between the Revolution and a modern invasion is that there was little to no discrepancy in the arms used by the "Professional Soldiers" of the British army and those used by the militia men and soldiers of the "Continental Army". The Colonists were on relatively equal footing with the Soldiers. There wasn't one side with tanks, artillery, bombers, and attack helicopters fighting a "native" force armed with only small arms.

 

On an unrelated note. I thought this was an exercise on the effectiveness of a civilian led guerrilla campaign to stop an invasion. I am not saying our military wouldn't still prevail, I am saying that the "Gun behind every blade of grass" concept is flawed and not the deterrent everyone thinks it is.

 

You're definitely correct.  It's also why the 2nd Amendment says arms...  not firearms or small arms, or muskets... it says arms.  But that right was slowly legislated away from the people. 

 

Griz, I think another very salient point about the difference between the Revolution and a modern invasion is that there was little to no discrepancy in the arms used by the "Professional Soldiers" of the British army and those used by the militia men and soldiers of the "Continental Army". The Colonists were on relatively equal footing with the Soldiers. There wasn't one side with tanks, artillery, bombers, and attack helicopters fighting a "native" force armed with only small arms.

 

On an unrelated note. I thought this was an exercise on the effectiveness of a civilian led guerrilla campaign to stop an invasion. I am not saying our military wouldn't still prevail, I am saying that the "Gun behind every blade of grass" concept is flawed and not the deterrent everyone thinks it is.

 

 

10,000 idiots in Iraq with no tanks, artillery, bombers, or attack helicopters seemed to keep most of the US Military working overtime for a number of years. I guess there must have been some sort of "force multiplier" for them to fight off 150,000 ground troops and nearly 1,000,000 Air Force and tail to tooth ratio.

 

And just in case it's because US forces are too "pleasant" to their enemies, Russia is not. And they haven't done much better in their exploits during the last two decades.