Hello Matt,

I am having a vey hard time picturing your proposed scenario.

I mean, in the first place, where are you proposing this fundamentalist siege begins? Houston? Salt Lake City? Tampa? I mean, as sure as water is wet it AIN'T gonna start in New York State or California.

And so what, some splinter uprising swarms the courthouses and state buildings in Tampa and Houston. Um, hello? Then what? I mean, that loud roaring sound you hear sounds to me a lot like 200 attack helicopters, 400 tanks and 200,000 uniformed personnel of the US Army, Marines and National Guard showing up to make 2023 Houston look like 1971 Montreal (War Measures Act a la Pierre).

And by the way, that does not even touch the fact that, before the soldiers arrive to down the rabid animal, every third household of civilians contains multiple handguns ready to blow away the gahd squad you somehow envision "taking over" their neighbourhoods. Laugh out loud, I think M13 and a few other gangs might end it in days.