[Henrietta]

"Straggly bands of would-be revolutionaries haven't a prayer, and there's no chance in the world that you'll find enough folks to join you to make a bit of difference. "

Really? You mean like the first Revolutionary militia and the battle against King George's men, where the militia was outgunned and outnumbered?

Just a reminder: the Revolution was fought (and won) with the support of 10% of the population (or so I'm told.) Don't underestimate the zeal with which people are willing to fight to be free. There are 200 million gun owners in this country, and I doubt very much that even 10 percent of those people, properly motivated to fight for their freedoms, could be defeated by better trained and better armed government troops.

The government knows this. Why do you think they want our guns??

[MineralMan]

""Straggly bands of would-be revolutionaries haven't a prayer, and there's no chance in the world that you'll find enough folks to join you to make a bit of difference. "

Really? You mean like the first Revolutionary militia and the battle against King George's men, where the militia was outgunned and outnumbered?
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You're mistaken in this. While the British were better armed, they were not better supplied, overall. They were also not in their own country.

No such circumstances apply here and now. If you gathered up every person in this country who was actually willing to take up arms against our government, you'd maybe have a couple of companies, or perhaps a regiment. That's it.

Against them would be the best military on the planet, along with the bulk of the citizenry, many of whom are also armed and ex-military.

Not a prayer of success.

Empty threats, and threats that only serve to solidify the opposition.