[Sherman Logan]

Question: how well armed were those loyal Japanese-Americans who were rounded up and imprisoned?

What do you think would have happened had the Japanese-Americans of the time used armed force to resist internment? Thus confirming in the minds of all other Americans that they were disloyal and bent on armed subversion of the government?>

Can you say mass mob attacks, probably backed up by local National Guard and military units?

While there is certainly a place for armed resistance to government over-reach, there are also (many) times where this particular tactic would simply make things much worse.

[muir_redwoods]

The differences I was highlighting include the reaction to resistance by your neighbors vs the insular Japanese Americans of the forties. When and if the people that make up the average Americans begin being rounded up and those average Americans possess modern arms. I think there will be a different outcome.

[itsahoot]

While there is certainly a place for armed resistance to government over-reach, there are also (many) times where this particular tactic would simply make things much worse.

No one ever buts into other peoples civil wars, right?