Can you name another internal conflict in which the people were armed as well as the American people are armed?
Many. With more modern fully automatic weapons supplied by our nation or the Russians or the Chinese.
Is it that you really believe that our nation is immune to what happens all over the world every day or is it that you just love the roll of the troll starting crap.
Maybe we should have a poll on that like your used to over at DU.
Armed conflict is what it is and past conflicts are called history. A little reading would go a long ways towards solving your knowledge dilemma.
Or you could get off your backside, raise you hand, take the oath, go through boot camp, years of additional training and then spend the next 23 years roaming the earth gaining some first hand knowledge. Or not.
On second thought we need to stop with the DU type polls for you.