I think you're kind of missing how a modern revolution would go down. You would see large portions of law enforcement, the miltary, and government unwilling to apply lethal force to their own people. You would also see many join the revolution. Sections of the country would be on their own as it were.
It would be ugly, but it would be very possible.
It wouldn't be a full-on in the streets shoot-out. There would be demonstrations, diplomacy, and certainly some pockets of violence when things got out of control.
Our government would not be equipped to defend against it. It sounds awful and unspeakable yes, but it's also the most patriotic thing one can do when the government no longer serves the needs of the country.
I'm certainly not saying I would organize such a thing- or even that America needs one. Being a bit of a history buff it's hard for me to ignore that we had some good times following our last one.
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Originally Posted by widebody911
Guns are useful to maintain power with the people. The better armed the society, the better reminder that our government is supposed to work for us.
While this is a nice sentiment, it is really just a dream:
a) the government has bigger guns than you do and more of them
b) if you managed to get more than a couple dozen like-minded comrades organized, you're be declared 'enemy combatants' via an NSL (thanks to GWB - oh the irony!) and hauled off to gitmo.
c) judging by the coherence of the posts of some of the gun nuts here, you'd get your asses handed to you by a troop of girl scouts armed with slingshots
d) seriously: what do you propose to do? Drive to your local capitol building and start expending rounds? Sounds like a mix of Columbine and a mid-life crisis.
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