While I don’t expect or hope to ever need it, as an American, I would like to be prepared to resist as much as necessary if needed. It’s looking like it might be needed at some point here.
I’m looking to get a rifle or two for that specific purpose just in case. Can anyone recommend specific brands/models and/or features I should be looking for? I’m disabled in a way that limits my ability to hold anything heavy, so lighter weight is good. I have a revolver, but that’s probably not the best for standing up against a repressive regime.
I plan to train with whatever I get, of course. Thanks in advance.
Edit: There way too much information here for me to reply to it all individually, but I would like to say thank you to everyone for your very helpful responses.
Your revolver is probably fine for home and personal defense. For more active defense, I imagine you need a group to train with to learn squad tactics or whatever (I don’t even know if these really exist on the left, and I’d be cautious about the Feds).
I think a good option if they live close enough, would be to participate in a 2-gun Desert Brutality match, which is run by Karl Kassarda of InRangeTV, a longtime Anarchist.
Those brutality matches were copied in Ukrainian boot camps, where they reported it was the closest representation of combat conditions they had experienced, and overall the most useful firearm training they did.
Also, most of these questions will be answered by watching InRangeTV. I hesitate to unilaterally endorse the output of specific people, but Karl seems to be a genuinely good person who truly cares about leftist values and you could pick far worse places to increase your knowledge about firearms.
I am physically disabled and wouldn’t be capable of doing so, but thank you for sharing that information. Hopefully it has inspired somebody else.
Just join one of the less extreme right wing one’s so you can learn the enemies tactics.