Or in the Third Reich. Except in America any such attempted gun-grab would result in the deaths of the would-be grabbers. ....and they'd surrender quickly.
I read a lot of this “cold dead hands” talk. Still, like frogs in a slowly boiling pot, we surrender right after right, community after community and principle after principle, to the treasonous left without so much as a stern warning.
Unfortunately, that may not be perceived as the case.
After Katrina, there was widespread door-to-door confiscation. While perhaps not all news was reported, the exercise - so long as it went on - was pretty successful. While the confiscation was stopped in about a day, indications are the cessation occurred because behind the scenes there was widespread intense debate (as in: "stop it, or we're leaving") among police.
It has been tried recently. Would-be tyrants, such as the author in question, did not see any instances of "FMCDH". They like what they saw, and figure maybe the time to really try is approaching.
I'd expect it in 2010.