[The Pack Knight]

If the tyranny involved the army we would need anti aircraft weapons among other things.

Not necessarily. That's the fallacy of the "you can't use AR-15s to beat a modern army" argument. You don't have to defeat them. Just be impossible to govern.

No one in modern times has ever attempted to subdue with force a population as well-armed as ours. I think there's a reason for that.

[dp0622]

And there’s always someone willing to sell you the heavier stuff if you need it.

Or give it to you for free if they favor your cause.

Kurds, Afghanis and Chechnya folks come to mind as hard to defeat.