[Jason_b]

I would hope enough police and soldiers would remember their oaths and feel enough loyalty to their neighbors that they would refuse to fire on the populace. Even the gun confiscators in New Orleans expressed misgivings about doing that job. Said they never imagined they'd be asked to do this, that it felt strange. Often times people do evil as they are told once, but having done it reflect, realize the mistake, regret it, and resolve it won't happen again.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

The police and army will do what the politicians say.
After all, we elected them. Even though there wasn't a real choice.

And if the court had upheld it, police would have followed through taking every gun in NO no matter how they felt and nobody would have resisted.