If my laptop is offline can I just not use it because it can’t confirm my id?

Yes. The powers at be will stop at nothing to take more, and more, and more power away from you. This is human nature.

Do nothing about school shootings. Destroy hobbies and manufacturing instead. America is rotting from the inside.

You are both right. Armored vehicles still serve a function, but I think it is fair to say that that function has diminished or at least changed significantly.