Last night I watched a video where boog bois in gun-themed Aloha shirts show off their weapon stash in a late night tv "Top X" list format -- so that you don't have to.

Observations…

#USradicals

1) If shit gets weird & they ditch the loud shirts, they'll be somewhat identifiable by their distinct choice in guns & gear. They like FNs, short AR-style carbines & pistols, & glocks. Everything uses the most common ammo types & clips.

#nsag #vnsa
2) Why those guns? Because these guys are like analytical engineer-type gamers with a serious survivalist bent in their thinking. Everything is optimized for weight & interchangeability with their own & hypothetical enemy weapons.
#inaugurationthreats
3) Basically, they're NERDS applying zombie apocalypse logic to a hypothetical civil war. They even use the word "combos" (gamer slang) when talking about which guns to include in your kit.
#domesticarmedactors #gamer
4) Other crossovers with gamer culture abound. Goofy cartoon unicorn patches, thick glasses, and pop culture tats. They're potentially violent non-state actors, but they also clearly watch Adventure Time or something.
#geek
5) Despite a political rant at the beginning of the video, their actual intentions are a puzzle. When they talk guns, everything they say is logical, concise, and scarily well thought out. When they talk politics, I don't know wtf they're hinting at because JARGON.
#boogbois
6) Lemme repeat what @jesawyer said if you're not reading the comments: a ton of their info on what guns to use is very public. They've just customized their own specific doctrine on what to use based on a scenario where they're operating as insurgents. #boogbois
7) Having a group doctrine on what guns you own means you're practicing preparedness for the scenarios envisaged by the doctrine -- in this case, civil insurgency. If they were just gun hobbyists, they'd have a mishmosh of guns based on personal prefs.

#nsag #domesticthreats
8) Honestly, looking at the boogaloos, I imagine I feel like right-wingers must when they're trying to get their heads around antifa. They're too libertarian in some ways to broadly categorize. #boogaloobois
9) For those who'd like a visual of the end result, here's a group of boogaloo bois fully kitted out. If a shootout started, most of them can reload from a dead friend or fallen LEO. Photo by Robert Kilips, Lansing State Journal.

#boogbois
10) For comparison, here's intention-telegraphing insurrectionist Ziptie Guy, who's not a boog as far as we know, wearing it better. He had more to spend than our bois in Michigan, but also unlike them, he's not here to put on a show -- he's here to work.
#boogology

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