Remember, the average Joe is very well armed, more so than other societies throughout history that have fallen to tyranny.
Take the American deer hunter, crack shot at hundreds of yards. How many deer hunters are there in America?
Freedom to an American is like bloody flesh to a bear, once you've had a taste, you'll defend it with ferocity.
Y'all don't UNDER estimate the average Joe-six-pack. If that line is ever crossed, it will be ugly, but freedom loving Americans will prevail...no doubt in my mind.
Most all are hard-core conservatives, defenders of the Constitution (swear an oath to said document not to a person), and embrace the Second Amendment.
They are Americans, first, not obamabots blindly following illegal orders of some dictator.
In fact, all receive LOAC training to ensure they understand what is and is not a legal order, and they are educated about such things as the Posse Comitatus Act.
While it is very much likely that The Messiah wishes he could take over the US by force (dispatching those that resist), it would not be with the help of the military.
It would be through the use of a civilian “force” that is “every bit as powerful as the military”. . .as The Messiah said.
(Note I said vast majority. . .there are some ignorant dopes and a few butt-kissing high-ranking brass that place self over service, but they are rare.)