[DiogenesLamp]

I contend that if it becomes necessary to invoke some kind of extraordinary redress here, the army will stand down, therefore, handguns against the army will not be necessary.

All well and good for now. Meanwhile they are successfully Droneitizing the army with unmanned Robots. Some of our best kills are using predator drones nowadays. Mechanized walking robots are coming, rest assured. Then what?

The "rise of the machines" but controlled by Dictators.

[B.O. Plenty]

Well....somebody has to run the drones and robots..and as far as I know, the drone pilots are young Americans, and as such would be prone to standing down.

..I would admit, however, that if the army started "outsourcing" the drone pilot function to some other country group I would have to say that pistols against the army would become necessary.