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Should that government change into something else all bets are off. But it is also rather foolish to believe that an untrained undisciplined force would stand much of a chance against a real army. Those who fought the Revolution found that out to their dismay. Only because Washington trained a real army to avoid reliance upon the militias was he able to defeat the British. Most of the time the militias were of little value. But don't let reality interfere with romantic braggadocio. ]
So you can read the founders minds eh.. LoL..
Against a whole real army.. Hmmm.. The Viet Cong did well.. and the muzzies in France are doing well as we speak.. All it takes is for "the public" to get busy.. Then politicians will reassess their priorities.. and if the public does it with guns.. journalists will reassess theirs as well..
Even, If (the first) erstward revolution was unsuccessful.. the public dialog resulting from that would be refreshing in itself.. Actually a real revolution might not be needed just a real THREAT of one happening might be all thats needed.. Journalists facing the real possibly of getting hung or shot might make some of them get their priorities in order..
Now that I think of it..
A REAL DIALOG MIGHT BE ALL THATS NECESSARY.. not lawyers weasling but a real dialog.. Otherwise there IS blood in our future, domestic blood letting.. Freedom always costs blood.. one way or another.. Hiding from the huge political polarization in this country is cowardice and unrealistic not to speak of silly.. The American pressure cooker will soften some but harden others..
Go have a beer, it could make you feel better about all this.. Americans are slow to anger.. but when they do.. you're prezels will hit the fan.. It won't be pretty..
There is no reason to read the Founders' minds since they left volume upon volume of their writings for us to consult.
The Viet Cong was defeated by the US army and only the intervention of hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese Army regulars saved it from defeat.
Apparently you confuse militia with rioting punks by bringing up France.
You are living in a dream world if you believe disgruntled whackos with guns are going to change our government. It may be fun to fantasize about such but in ain't going to happen.
Americans have surrendered their freedoms with both hands and are unlikely to change this tendency. The current situation is the result of the government trying to give them what they want. YOu make the mistake of believing that the ideas popular here are acceptable to more than a tiny minority. They are not. And it is easy to fool the majority of the people just look at the election in Virginia for a perfect example.