>> Modern weaponry and military technology will make unpleasantness with King George look like a brief skirmish compared to the coming “trouble”.
Asymmetrical civil war could make for some gross unpleasantness on “their” side too. For one small example, “they” have families, staffs, friends, associates, etc. and with the rise in social media, those relationships are discoverable.
I don’t want to see it come to that. I’d prefer to see a widespread Christian revival that increases the character of our Low Morals Electorate to the point where we throw the scoundrels out.
But if it comes down to civil war between a federal tyrant and a population armed with a billion (!) guns, it’s far from a slam dunk, no matter how many apache helicopters they have at their disposal.
Wishful thinking on your part, I fear. Remember the Boston Marathon bombing how people rolled over and complied with every illegal incursion into their constitutional rights.
Only good news was the police fired thousands of rounds and only one person died, likely because the brother ran him over, not from gunshot wounds, when escaping.