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The other difference is that most of the populace of the Weimer Republic did NOT have weapons, they were not armed.

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http://www.thegermanclub.com.au/events/schutzenfest.php

I won’t argue that Germans were as well armed as Americans in 2011, but shooting clubs have always been popular in Germany. They enjoyed hunting and target shooting with long arms. One of the first thing the Nazis did was round up their weapons.
National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP). ... This was reflected in the growth in the German Social ***Democrat*** Party (SDP). The Nazis just gave them different weapons and targets.
If our Democrat party tried this, the fit would hit the shan.