The lesson I learned from Hong Kong is you will never take the 2nd Amendment from me. Just come and try and take them. Take a cursory glance at what is going on in VA right now to know what is in store for you if you do.
I think that the protestors would lose local and international support the moment they started shooting. Most successful protest movement have tried to stay nonviolent.
We've run this experiment several times and gotten the same result every time. Hence the forever wars. Hillbillies with guns and IDEs have shown to be pretty effective against militaries.
one dude armed with pretty much any portable weapons is not gonna be able to hold out against police for too long. still, you read a lot of stories of one or two armed citizens who can resist arrest in their home for a couple days. in cases where there are more citizens resisting, this can go on a lot longer. the waco siege lasted 51 days. the police literally had to (or maybe just didn't care enough not to) drop bombs on a rowhouse to end the 1985 MOVE standoff.
a bunch of people with rifles inside a building can be pretty hard to deal with if the government isn't willing to level the place. a large scale revolt of armed citizens could never "win" against the us military, but the conflict wouldn't leave much left worth controlling.
decisions are made in the margins. it is much less risky for a government to impose unpopular laws on an unarmed populace.
I don't agree with your premise, but for the sake of argument let's say that you're right and armed civilians have no chance of winning against an organized state military.
Don't people have the right to die trying to win their freedom?
adrianN|6 years ago
hjkjhwe9084|6 years ago
How are you going to defend against SWAT teams with whatever guns you have?
Organize a militia? Then how do you defend against the army?
godelski|6 years ago
leetcrew|6 years ago
a bunch of people with rifles inside a building can be pretty hard to deal with if the government isn't willing to level the place. a large scale revolt of armed citizens could never "win" against the us military, but the conflict wouldn't leave much left worth controlling.
decisions are made in the margins. it is much less risky for a government to impose unpopular laws on an unarmed populace.
archie2|6 years ago
jakebasile|6 years ago
Don't people have the right to die trying to win their freedom?