I haven't swayed in my belief that most people are not willing to kill to keep their guns. The biggest threat to your firearms will be the nosy neighbor, school board members, well-meaning friends,etc. who will sell you out. Revolution means preventing them from doing so. Most people won't do that.
If you think that people with small arms can wage a revolution then that just isn't very likely. Revolution also means the use of explosives with terrible consequences.
I see right here on FR whenever there is a story about a cop being shot or a load of guns being seized where freepers laud the seizure or are quick to condemn the shooter without looking deeper into the story and being willing to open themselves up to the idea that maybe it was a good thing if it was to prevent the police from taking someones guns, or that the seizure was wrong and the person would have been justified in using deadly force to prevent it. Instead there are 100 replies in a few minutes buying into the state approved line.
It will not be a politician that comes for your guns, it will be your local police. When you talk about revolution, you are talking about acts that the majority of people condemn without a second thought. That mentality is what will make successful revolution impossible.
Ask yourself: When you head about the cops that were shot in Miami recently, were you outraged and did you think that it was a terrible thing, or did you stop and check to see if they were involved in the seizure of guns or violation of anyone’s rights, and think “thank god?” Unless you are willing to do the latter then any talk of resisting the seizure of arms by force is just internet talk.
Perfectly said.
Ones and twos, seizures and "raids" that is, here and there, is a whole different kettle of fish than mass confiscations.