More than that, in a situation where the leadership wanted to hold the country hostage, what good is some crappy guns with their idiotic silencer add ons and shit gonna do against people who have the nuclear codes?
It seems you haven't thought too critically about the issue. Guerrilla warfare is effective. Fascist regimes aren't going to nuke their own territory.
Apache helicopters, tanks, non-nuclear missiles, etc. would be enough to shut anyone down.
You're joking if you really think it would make no different if the citizenry is armed or not.
You're crazy to think that the US government will ever get to the point of tyranny when it's more likely that our government would shut down over a dispute on what they're having for lunch. It's a nonsensical argument because the situation will never happen, but assuming that it did, citizens having guns will hold no weight against literally the most powerful military in the world.
You are a very dishonest individual.
1) It's possible. Free societies can turn into fascist ones at the drop of a hat.
2) It's better to have a chance than no chance. Otherwise things like this happen:
3) The entire military would not be functional and whole if there was civil war. A lot of it would fracture.
4) Guerrilla warfare is effective, even when the opposing force has much better technology. See: Vietnam, North Korea, Syria, Afghanistan, etc.
5) Sorry not sorry, it's a right.
1) Which free societies that had a government that resembled America's has become fascist?
2) US citizens having guns against the US military is still having "no chance"
3) Doubtful. Fighting for the military would guarantee safety, money, and your freedoms. Wouldn't be the first example of members of a military killing their own family in defense of their country.
4) Those countries don't have a military that could hold a candle to the US military. Shit would be shut down real quick.
5) a right that was imagined hundreds of years ago when the technology was primitive. Needs to be revised for the modern age.
Real life isn't a movie. US citizens would have no chance. ---