I guessing it won't look like that.
First, they pass a law making, let's say, AR15s illegal to own.
Then they can use this law to pick up any offender, at their own pace, selectively.
No need to make a dangerous sweep. Just enforce the law as they wish, like they do now.
At that rate my grandkids will have grandkids.
Then they can use this law to pick up any offender, at their own pace, selectively.
They make the penalties severe enough and most will turn them in on their own. The government has the ability to ruin your life without ever knocking down your door. They can make it impossible for you to have a job, borrow money, drive a car, fly somewhere or even live under the same roof as your children.
Truth is, few of us in real life are the keyboard commandos we pretend to be on anonymous internet forums. Say you're a husband and father with a good job that puts a roof over your head and food in the fridge and suddenly you're facing ten years in prison for that AR-15. Ten years that will cost you your job, your savings, your home and everything in it while leaving your family destitute and penniless. You've got a wife telling you to be sensible, not to risk everything "over that silly gun you never even shoot" and you've got Obama dangling a $500 check in your face during his great "National Assault Weapon Buyback" to take the sting off.
Yeah, lots of guys are gonna turn 'em in on their own. For those who resist, there will be "Report an illegal gun, earn $1000" commercials that will thin out the ranks even more, pitting friend against friend, neighbor against neighbor, family member against family member and even children against parents.
Those folks who think there is going to be some kind of civil war where every gun owner in America joins forces against government tyranny haven't really though it through. This isn't 1776. Those that promise "from my cold, dead hands" will find themselves dying alone and far away from each other.
And this is how it is going to go down.