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lol...still not outnumbered.

I've heard the rumors too. Always a friend of a friend (of a friend...)

Houston vs. Florida. Go Big XII

I have to shake my head and laugh at some of the things you say... The total number of gang members do not outnumber the total number of the US military or law enforcement. There are approximately 700,000 gang members in the US. There are approximately 1.2 million police officers in the US. There are approximately 2 million members of the military in the US. Now add in the retired members of both the military and law enforcement who are still capable of operating. Yeah, gangs would die in droves. The violent left would die in droves. VERY few of those gang members have any sort of firearms or tactical skills. Most of them hate each other so most of them will not work together...for any reason. Next point, see @NeuroTypical's comment above about AOC and Pelosi and gangs.

@JohnsonJones the violent political left is quite small. Very few of them have any training or skill. The violent left kicks something significant off and they will die in droves. If you think otherwise you are quite naive.

That crowd would die off extremely quickly.

Purdue is out. Go Houston.

I'll let him speak for himself on what he meant. I think he meant that there are negative things in this world. I did not see a denial of good things on his part, which you seem to be implying. Go to the third world and you will find plenty of what he was describing, leading me to reject your rejection.

Rumor: 1 hour church. I don't buy it. @Ironhold is right. There is a lot of ugliness in the world. Lots of coldness and unhappiness. That doesn't mean there are not happy warm people, but to deny the reality of the darkness in the world is naive.

You're not beating Wisconsin.

Fixed that.

Now the drug cartels are getting closer to what the BOM talks about when speaking of secret combinations. They have political influence, but only in their own countries. The top levels of the cartels are running businesses...literally, they operate like a business. They use groups like Tren de Aragua, but what most people don't understand is a group like TDA will run amok with thier own agendas as well.

Street gangs are not what we as LDS would think of as Gadiantons/secret combinations, though they have some similar behavior patterns. Your statement is otherwise 100% accurate.

I would not call them a national threat as you are describing. Some of them are actually sophisticated in some of their operational organization.

To my knowledge I have never met a Nazi. I have dealt with white supremacists. There are aryan gangs and I view them through that lens (street gang lens.)