One of the men goes for her phone. The other grabs at her hands. Ozturk screams. Shock and fear ripple through her voice. Two masked women join them, tugging at her backpack, peeling the straps from her shoulders. “I’m going somewhere, I need to call someone,” she pleads. “We’re the police. Relax,” one of the men says in response.

They surround her. Then, one by one, they pull their neck gaiters up to cover their faces. “You don’t look like police,” a voice off screen says. “Why are you hiding your faces?” The questions continue, but the figures don’t respond. Instead, they cuff Ozturk, cross the street, and put her in an unmarked SUV. She is gone.

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    You have no illusions about the fact that you are defenseless?

    We have guns. Lots of guns.

    Everyone needs to arm themselves and train.

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      I suspect your government would love it if you started shooting. They’d declare martial law. Goodbye elections, hello police state.

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      I had a decent amount I got back from taxes that I intentionally spent. I’m mentally ill. I’m off my meds because I cant risk withdrawl from going back on them only to have RFK take them away again. I’ll lose my job. It doesnt pay enough for me to get by anyway. If I kept that money, I know I would have bought that gun. And I would have used it on myself.

      I’m still not sure I did the right thing spending myself into this hole to keep a gun away. I know using it on my oppressors wouldnt likely succeed. I’m more likely to use it on myself.

      I still dont know if it was the right thing to do to not buy the gun.

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      Your guns don’t compare to the guns the government use. Nor do you have the numbers to resist even if equally armed. If the 1/3 of voters that didn’t vote, actually voted for for Harris, you wouldn’t be in this mess but there you are.

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        Yeah well, ask the Afghans or Vietnamese. Turns out you don’t need to have the same fire power to drag your opponent through the mud.

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          The Vietnamese had some of the greatest strategic minds in their history leading the fight against the Americans.

          So far, it doesn’t seem like there’s a single leader for a resistance in the U.S., and certainly none as skilled in tactics.

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          The Afghans and Vietnamese had nothing to lose. Americans, no matter how much they complain online, have everything to lose.

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        What do you mean about numbers? The state and it’s guards are always massively outnumbered by the people, it’s just a question of organization.