# What would it take for you to take up violent/semi-violent action against a government? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-you-to-take-up-violent-semi-violent-action-against-a-government/843453 "2019-11-14T23:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-you-to-take-up-violent-semi-violent-action-against-a-government/843453/7 "2019-11-15T00:32:06Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > … Many gun owners say that if the federal government tries to confiscate their guns, there’ll be a revolution, but I find that deeply doubtful - I think that when or if ATF comes to their home in force, with dozens of SWAT officers, that they would realize they are hopelessly outgunned and would just hand over the firearms. … With regard to this part, I’d like to point out that I know various gun owners who don’t have any intention of waiting until “ATF comes to their home in force, with dozens of SWAT officers”. Really, if you’re trying to stage an armed rebellion, laying back and letting your enemies choose the time of your battle is doing it all wrong. Sun Tzu wrote “If he is in superior strength, evade him” and “Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.” That seems like pretty sound advice to me. > [@Velocity](#): > > … If Trump made himself dictator for life, would you join in a violent revolt, or try to instigate one? … Yes. > [@Velocity](#): > > … Is there any particular political cause or issue that you care about strongly enough that you’d be willing to demonstrate illegally/take violent action over it? … Probably various ones, but let’s go with the gun confiscation thing for now. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-you-to-take-up-violent-semi-violent-action-against-a-government/843453)._