“..I think the intention of the author was to wake people up to the possibility...”
I think you are correct. But the answer remains the same, either way.
Some people WILL give them up to avoid confrontation. Its natural.
But those of us who know that THAT DAY is the day those guns are for won’t.
When it comes to THAT day, every Citizen has an instant decision to make.
There are those who wish to force their will on us... and there are those of us who NOT have that will forced on us.
That’s the long and short of it.
It has always been the few brave souls fighting for the many who cannot or will not.
The tree of liberty is getting mighty thirsty.