“Explain Afghanistan to me then. Or Iraq. Or Vietnam. “
Exactly.
If civil war ever comes, you can throw standard military tactics out the window. It will be a Guerrilla campaign, and extremely nasty - think Kosovo.
My hope and prayer is that Republics soundly defeat the Dems in November, making them realize their anti-Trump platform does not and cannot work, and they elect new leadership putting them back on the course of civility.
I fear that is impossible at this point.
It won't be like in the movies or some video game where you get too start over. You'll need the mind set that to kill in cold blood is good ,and don't dwell on the killing , think of it like swatting a mosquito or stepping on a cockroach
Most people will freeze and never fire a round the first time they're shot at.They talk a good game on the 'net ,but in real life they'll freeze and run.