Yes - I know all about it... it was long long ago - “That was then - This is NOW...
There were no international T.V vans with satellite dishes broadcasting the event to the entire U.S. and the rest of the world, there were no cell phones - there were not digital cameras everywhere, there were not digital video cams everywhere.
The Administration and Congress could not take the heat of even a suggestion of abuse - it would be instantly broadcast on every cable news - Millions of Americans would be watching.
Therefore there will be no police crackdown of any substance...
If the police and military were ordered to do so and a big crackdown occurred -— hundreds of thousands of Americans would become incensed and would come running to D.C.
But, I believe the American Military would not take violent action against Americans in such a situation.
Oh - there would be attempts - at first - to handcuff and carry off citizens and that would go on for a while - until it became futile as tens of thousands of people simply circled them and made them leave.
A Throng of Millions cannot be stopped - that is the SECRET... if a million people do not want to be moved - they cannot be..
Throwing riot gas into a crowd of protesting U.S. Citizens would soon bring the U.S. Government to its knees and probably it would collapse.
Your logical assessment of the DC March scenario is entirely correct, and is all the more reason that we need at least one million angry patriots to show up in DC on 9/12.
We won't even have to bear arms to effect the sort of changes that Jim Rob prescribes in his post, if enough Americans arrive at the seat of federal power and demand it.
If we want to compel a peaceful restoration of our constitutional form of government, then we've got to overwhelm DC with numbers, and that means one million plus protesters.
Failing this, there will be no other way to stop the destruction of our beloved country, but to execute our right to do so under the 2nd Amendment.
I'm pretty sure that most of us would prefer to go with the first option, now, while we still can.
But there were in Iran recently, and in Tianamen Square, at least video cameras in the latter instance..
Didn't help the "peaceful demonstrators" a bit.