But civil disobedience means having your guns confiscated by force by the civil authorities. Hence, losing your guns is a fait-accompli and they win.
loaded guns will only make things worse,IMHO.
It will be the only way to prevent the authorities you are appealing to from confiscating your guns at their gunpoint.
Notice that the authorities carrying loaded guns doesn't make things worse for them.
Civil disobedience only works when the Government you are appealing to is unwilling or unable to kill enough of the civilians being disobedient. How can an armed citizenry defending its rights make things 'worse'?
If 90% of the gun-owning population refuses to participate in the registration, what can they do?
Go house to house like they did in the UK.
Make an example of some small number of folks, probably, but if everyone holds their ground, the bureaucrats are screwed.
Never happen--because, by your own attitude, people are sheep and will stampede to gun-registered-safety after the wolves get a couple of sheep who strayed.
Of course, if you are civilly disobedient and refuse to give up your guns as well, the end game will play out, but on the tyranny's terms, not the freedom-minded.
"When they kick in yer front door, 'ow ya gonna go?
Wif yer 'ands on yer 'ead or the trigger of a gun?
They can bash us! they can bruise us! Totally abuse us!
But, ooooooohhhhhhhh oohhh--the guns of Brixton"
The Clash--Guns of Brixton, RIP Joe Strummer....
Sorry to disagree. You have a Second Amendment just so you can keep and bear a loaded gun to protect you from this kind of overbearing government action. It is an individual right guaranteed. Many have died for these rights....