Reagan was practical and knew the strength of the US people. And he relied upon it. He was smart enough to know that when push comes to shove, if the public gets peaved enough, they'll revolt. That was a factor in his getting elected and brought about the term "Reagan Democrats". The dems turned on their own party to elect him. So much for sheep. We shot guys in red jackets for a while who thought we should act like sheep as well, that was something called a revolution - might look it up. We also fought a civil war and are likely to host another one. Sheep don't tend to do that.. When a ram walks into the crowd, they'll just up and take off after the ram without a thought.. The thing that mucks it up for people assuming Americans are sheep is that Americans know what abuse is and do think about it. When they get fed up enough, they protest, scream, bite, kick and fire weapons. It's in our blood. We're also an armed society - which is why a lot of folks have thought twice about invading us and which is likely why the dems want us disarmed and the rinos would prefer to help them. An armed public can be an unknown quantity and tough to plan for if one intends to do things that might incite them to revolt..
The sheep voted for Reagan because the economy was in the crapper. Same reason they voted for Klintoon in 92. And they reelected him in 84 cuz the economy was good. Same reason they reelected Klintoon in 96. Keep the sheep fat and happy.
Which is why the Second Amendment has to be abolished. Confiscation cannot occur unless there is no constitutional safeguard against its happening. The abolition of the Second Amendment will also set a cultural precedent that will make confiscation more palatable to those more inclined to by the government lie of a globalist, market-based utopia.
Don't be surprised if this doesn't happen under a Republican administration. Those most likely to pull the plug on private ownership of firearms could very well be those who campaigned most stringently in its favor.
I would caution you, however. 200 million guns in the hands of 80 million armed citizens, or however those numbers play out, does not an army make.