I have to agree with you there. I don't think most people have it in them to kill unless it's in defense and even then some won't be able too. There is a reason why it's common for inexperienced cops/authorities to puke at a murder scene on tv. Instead I think there'll be alot of theft and vandalism. If the purpose of the purge is to reduce the population there are plenty of other ways to accomplish this in a much more effective manner.
I have some very interesting ideas of what I'd do in a purge. Primarily, going on a camping trip far away from people while that happens. I don't live near any cities, so I can literally just walk out my backyard for a few miles with a tent, food, water, some fire, and a few books. Twenty-four hours isn't something to worry about.
This shows all the ways the purge falls apart. Treason? Sure. Want to sell secrets to foreign governments? Wiki leaks some stuff? Wait until purge day. Build a nuclear bomb or work on your terror plot or assassination 1 day a year until it’s done. No problem. You can plan a crime during the purge and then commit it when it isn’t the purge. You couldn’t be held for any counts that occurred on purge day- So do all the set up before when everyone is on purge mode and security is tight. Wait until the purge is over and commit the crime when security is lax again. So forth and so on.
I thought there was actually rules. It was just "General" laws that you could break and not national security affecting laws. No killing high ranking government officials, yada yada yada. Of course if the laws are suspended then the Government no longer has to follow their own laws so wire taps, assassinations you name it. Plus they have all year to gather materials and people and they've got way more resources than a citizen.
It also takes into perspective that once if ever a purge does happen who's to stop people from continuing the very next day? Does it stop at a certain hour, time? There are different time zones after all. Once something starts it cannot end the same way it started.
The rules of the purge state that you cannot harm government officials of “rank 10 or higher” and that you can’t use weapons of “class 4 or higher” which includes WMD’s. All other laws as well as police and emergency services are suspended. As for the weapons- USE is prohibited but NOT possession, sale, construction- which are covered under “all other laws.” So you could use the almost total lack of oversight and enforcement on that day to mask these activities, and possibly avoid all prosecution. For instance smuggling a WMD in to the country and then using it on a non purge day. The smugglers could get away with it and not be charged. Similarly- killing a lv10 official is illegal- but not breaking in to their homes etc. you get the info or set up the supplies on purge day for an assisination and then kill them after. It would be illegal then, but assasinations usually are anyway and still happen, and they’d still be dead.
I would erase my school loans, steal a new car, a new home, beat up the people that did me wrong (not murder I'd rather have them live in pain) and take all the expensive nice clothes
My purge night would probably be getting killed by my ex and her family. Or me burning down their home town that place is absolutely unnecessary in this world.
America is fucked