I don't just think that, I know at least a dozen people who have purchased and trained with firearms because they understand now that the American government is only a hair's width away from turning on its citizens at any given time.
how do you know the real intention compared to what they 'just say'
and how do you differentiate to just planned escalation by the government?
if people run and shoot around, they can just finally deploy martial law
Because they aren't running out there looking for confrontation, they're simply preparing for it to arrive at their door.
No need to differentiate from planned escalation by the government, I assume everything the government does is planned to encourage escalation.
If they FA with martial law, they'll FO why we have the 2nd amendment.