Do people actually believe that personal fire arms would allow them to successfully rebel against the US Govt?

Question

Do people actually believe that personal fire arms would allow them to successfully rebel against the US Govt?

Answer 1

It's just talk by folks who choose to ignore just how well that all worked at Waco and Ruby Ridge.....

Answer 2

We would have a far better chance with them than without them. Right?

Answer 3

There are, in fact, many delusional citizens who make that exact argument. Reality is an issue they avoid like the plague. It's all about rhetoric to them.

Answer 4

If there were a war between the government and citizens then the government would kill a lot of people initially but the citizens would win the war of attrition. Artillary and aircraft require a stable infrastructure to manufacture and supply.

Answer 5

Why would you PURPOSELY want to take away every last hope?



WHAT'S WRONG WITH SLAVES LIKE YOU?????



WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE BRAINS OF HUMAN BEINGS WHO DISARM THEMSELVES, AND THROUGH PROPAGANDA AND SHAME, TRY TO DISARM THE PEOPLE OF OTHER COUNTRIES????

Answer 6

No...that is deflection...



The fact is that we have:

A) A Constitutional right to individual firearm ownership that has ALREADY been tested and defined via the courts numerous times.



B) An established process by which laws...and even the Constitution itself.... may be changed.



Thus, anyone who supports the State ignoring both A & B above WOULD be in favor of state powers that could easily lead to "tyranny." The handgun is simply a reflection of the right. Your desire to take it away without legal basis is the issue being resisted.



Does anyone actually believe that a lone man with a shopping bag stop a column of government tanks? Nope.... But what is the lasting image of Tienanmen Square? Look beyond face value.

Answer 7

The rebels would not count as civilians, but the civilians that don't seem to be taking a aspect, simply living inside proximity to the rebels do. Its referred to as collateral damage, some thing Gadaffi has proven he would not care a lot about.

Answer 8

You're talking about people who think the movie Red Dawn is a documentary on self defense

Answer 9

1% of gun owners is a million. You know nothing. There is not going to be a armed revolt but if there was it would be asymmetric warfare.



If it was so easy why is there STILL a war in Afghanistan?

Answer 10

There is a growing sector in our country that has the insane notion that a revolution is coming and that the mass populace have the ability to overthrow our government.



One only needs to search the internet and look at the States that were discussing secession from the Union. Alaska and Texas are two that come to mind.



Search the internet and see how there are "preppers" forming little compounds and training in a paramilitary fashion for some sort of economic collapse or natural disaster.



Look at old video's of Tea Party Patriots walking around demonstrations with military grade weaponry.



Then look at video's of the massive Occupy Wall Street movement.



Consider there are underground movements called Anonymous which like to perform subversive computer hacking and video protests.



There are many underground domestic terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and I'm sure there are terrorist cells of Islamists just waiting to strike and destroy America.



One would have to be extremely naive and gullible not to be aware of these things.



And one would have to be extremely foolish to think our government wouldn't use the full force of its power to protect its own best interests. Think of Katrina and the National Guard disarming the public. Along with the ATF fire bombing the compound in Waco Texas.



It would be an all out blood bath if lunatics decided to overthrow the government.



@ Welcome to America now go home, what you are imagining happened 250 years ago and can be repeated today is just that, your imagination!



250 years ago the country didn't have cameras placed at stop signs on intersections. They didn't have cell phones and GPS tracking devices in cars where your every move can be monitored.



When the founding fathers started a revolution they weren't fighting against drones that can be operated from a remote location or satelites that can watch them from space.



They didn't have to worry about a government shutting off their water supply or lights, food and heat in the winter.



All the government would have to do is just let people expend their bullets and run out of food. This is 2013 and not 1776!

Answer 11

So are you suggesting we simply accept what ever the current government decides to impose on us?



A wise Senator from Idaho once correctly pointed out that there are 3 ways to get things done in this country. The Ballot box, the Jury Box and the Ammo Box. So what happens when the Government no longer obeys the will of the voters? What happens when the Government refuses to obey the orders of the Courts? Don't think that can or will happen? If so you are fooling yourself.



In the 20th Century alone small poorly armed groups have managed to defeat or at least severely restrict the actions of forces with superior training and arms.



1. Cuba

2. Northern Ireland

3. Vietnam

4. Columbia

5. Nicaragua



In the United States less than 250 years ago a mere 5% of our population took up arms against what was at that time the most powerful Army in the world.

Answer 12

It is the ultimate defense against a tyrannical government.



The Founding Fathers knew this from cold hard experience and from studying history.



The most oppressed people throughout history were always forbidden to carry arms by their oppressors whether it was guns swords, daggers ect…



Do I think the American People would stand a chance against the Military Industrial Complex, not sure, it is a disturbing thought….

Answer 13

It's too late anyway. More than 50% of the population voted for government tyranny and the media is helping perpetuate our loss of freedoms. Taking guns will be the final nail in the coffin.



The best days of the USA are over.

Answer 14

I will Not allow the Gov't to take my "forearms" if I have to use my firearms to stop them....how can I eat my cake with no forearms Google "The Oathkeepers" 10 Orders From Obama The Military Will Not Obey. Civilians can join also.

Answer 15

They think that by owning guns, normal civilians would have the power to fight the military and paramilitary should the government violate their natural rights.



This would be effective if we were still in the 20th century. However, UAV's and drones make the military extremely powerful, and removes the humans from fighting. Whereas a traditional military of civilians might detest the idea of fighting a civil war against its own population, the government can just use un-manned drone strikes and missiles in the event of a civil war/revolution, rendering an armed population useless.

Answer 16

Why do you think Hitler had to brainwash people into taking their guns away willingly? If he thought it would have been so easy just to go in and take over he wouldn't have had to do this. And this was before the high powered weapons we have today.

Answer 17

They don't have to fight the Army, or even the police. They just have to be able to take out petty bureaucrats who violate the Constitution

Answer 18

Only Republicans/Conservatives are dumb enough to believe something like that.

Answer 19

No, it's just another talking point that people heard and thus repeated.