I think you may have a fundamental misunderstanding regarding military capabilities and militias.
First off, no one would use an EMP as a weapon in an area that wasn't isolated and/or only filled with enemies. You couldn't target an EMP in a place like DC as one large enough to disrupt communications and electronics for your enemies would also do the same for your allies and non-combatants. Also, firearms are purely mechanical and for targeting communications there are better tools.
As for how high tech our military is, again it is an issue of scale. Militias lack things like guided missiles and drones, but it isn't like you would call in a guided missile strike on American soil much less close to the capital. When it comes down to individual soldier equipment, nothing I had when I was in Iraq was something I couldn't get in the US (if with more difficulty). The hard to get stuff is stuff that really is more situational than anything (like my 203 and it's ammo).
Finally, you should keep in mind that a good portion of militias are made up of veterans and are not 100% untrained, undisciplined rabble.
You make good sense, and as the child of a Navy Seal I am very aware that Vets are capable of forming deadly small and larger scale militias. But I also think there are military capabilities--using sound, chemicals, drones, etc that would be hard to go up against for citizen warriors--not impossible but not easy. All that being said, I believe the military is behind Trump...this is essential..despite the small number of treasonous generals that he keeps exposing. I don't think Biden would command the loyalty or conviction that Trump does. Lets hope we never have to test either of our points of view with the reality of Americans fighting in our streets in a full fledged civil war.
Yes, in a straight up contest of military might the militias would lose easily. But not every weapon can be used in every situation and militias do tend to have certain strengths that an organized military doesn't have - such as a less centralized chain of command. Trump could put out a call to arms and the militias would be able to show up a lot faster than their equivalent amount of professional soldiers. That is why the colonial militias were called minutemen - because they could just receive a call and show up very soon after. Not through some technological or training advantage, but because they didn't have to wait to receive orders from those who had to receive orders (and so forth and so on).
Totally agree...and like many British soldiers in the Revolutionary war, current military personnel would not be full in on a battle against American citizens fighting for their own country. I think the military would be very divided with many "deserting" to join the militias. Ultimately, much of the war would continue to be an information war, and this is another advantage I believe the digital militia would have..there are just too many of us.
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