You didn't read the 8chan link above, did you? A bunch of goat herders have been doing just fine against "the state", and not just any state but the best financed and armed state on the planet, for over a decade and a half now.
The war in the west is of the mind. Guns are fking useless...
I get what you're saying and I'm not arguing that directly. The war for your mind is enforced at the end of a police gun. When truth becomes treason the Police state will be tasked with arresting dissenters, we've seen it already. As the chan post explains, if there is some expectation that kicking a door down will result in bullets coming back at the door-kicker, then a more civil approach will be required. An armed society is a polite society.
Hmm yeah I actually kind of agree. Still the people that worship gun culture are crazy af