"The U.S. government declares a ban on the possession, sale, transportation, and transfer of all non-sporting firearms. A thirty (30) day amnesty period is permitted for these firearms to be turned over to the local authorities. At the end of this period, a number of citizen groups refuse to turn over their firearms. Consider the following statement: I would fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government."
"Based on the disagreement expressed by 61 percent of the Marines, Cunningham concluded that "a complete unit breakdown would occur in a unit tasked to execute this mission."
Twenty-Nine Palms Survey: What Really Motivated Its Author? by John F. McManus
The New American Magazine October 2, 1994
It appears that my BS flag was a good call. A majority of those surveyed (even in this grossly unscientific poll) would not fire on American citizens in order to enforce gun confiscation.
One other article I read on said survey a while back quoted one of the respondents (part of the 61%, I presume) as saying “I’d shoot the officer who gave me that order”.