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If you're currently versed in Firearms and are able to start a chapter, or if you are lucky enough to live in an area with a local chapter the SRA is a good organization. However they are apparently fractured and their politics may not align. https://socialistra.org/
Thanks to @supramario@lemmy.world https://www.blazingsword.org/ is better for LGBTQ+ anarchists that tend to not get along with Tankies.
A more decentralized option could be a John Brown Gun Club https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/john-brown-gun-club thanks to @sine_fine_belli@lemmy.world for reminding me.
Good basis of organized tactics. The guide below is more about organized movement than direct fire. Below will NOT help you in a firefight as it relies on a much larger trained force than you are likely to have. Good to know what the bastards study though. https://www.trngcmd.marines.mil/Portals/207/Docs/TBS/B2F2837%20Rifle%20Squad%20Tactics.pdf?ver=2015-05-27-100939-710
How to avoid getting balled up and kettled.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anarch-ish-how-to-win-at-kettling-a-guide-for-non-policemen
Sabotage guide from WW2
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184.txt.utf-8
General armed defense
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/organizing-armed-defense-in-america
How to organize a rapid response from a very high level with further detailed resources.
https://southerncoalition.org/resources/rapid-response-101/
Good general advice on organizing, also a good resource to find groups near you that are likely aligned. https://www.fiftyfifty.one/organizer-resources
Feel free to reach out for any other resources.
On a more practical "where can I buy a gun" level, https://www.gunbroker.com/ is basically ebay for guns, serves the whole USA, and has been very reliable for me over the years. The catch is the guns are not mailed directly to buyers, a local gun store acts as middleman to receive and you go pick up from there. Saves a lot of time and money if you know what you're looking for.
For knowing the law in your state about you can and can't own and carry, start here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state
Just as general advice for those new to online gun purchases. Please visit or call the shop you're shipping the gun to give them a heads up. Often they usually have a nominal fee for taking delivery of and storing the weapon until you can pick it up. Also they'll securely store the weapon until you pass any needed background check.
https://www.blazingsword.org/ is better for LGBTQ+
SRA unfortunately has a ton of tankies...
I’ll also recommend the John brown gun club
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Shiiiiiiiit I did not know, I'll update my post. Thank you for the info.
You're good, a lot of people don't know it is. This is why I volunteer my range for blazing sword vs the SRA.
Nah, I'm well. You're good. You're helping make marginilized people safer.Thank you.