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RE: Violent Uprising in the US and Why it Would Fail
The people who advocate the "we need our guns because gumbint" overlook the fact the people they would be fighting are their friends and neighbours, not some faceless "government".
Do they really think they could point weapons at fellow citizens (at least in great numbers)?
What would precipitate such a conflict? Do they think the army would just follow unlawful orders?
Would take something hugely disruptive ...
I don't think that the military, had this come up, would actually need to use lethal force. There are many non-lethal alternatives that the US military has been researching, or non-lethal alternative research opportunities being funded by the US military through the DARPA program,. But I agree that they overlook whom they would be fighting.
Good point, though that would mean mass-incarceration which means they would also have friends and neighbours and prison guards!