Again, you ask good questions.
I’m sorry that I do not have an exact or easy answer to your important question, because so much would depend on the instant circumstances... and perhaps my life experiences.
Are we anywhere near armed rebellion now? No, although I see us on a road to that if it is not reversed.
I have made preparations to convert all my assets to hard, transportable ones, and leave the US if necessary. Actually, I would not consider it leaving the US, but rather the US having left me/us. That could occur sooner than later, due to a combination of political, racial, personal security and economic issues.
I would go where other Americans, similarly situated, have already “bought” a good government.
In the US currently, the question is one of, as you described it, “political bonds.” Are political bonds driven only by the Constitution, or are they driven in part by the last election? If only by the Constitution, then the Constitution as interpreted by whom?
Some interpretation will always be needed. For example, some court decided that Freedom of the Press also includes the freedom to air uncensored news on Radio and TV, and that was certainly not in the Constitution.
That was a good decision.
However, some other idiot decided the (non-existent) “Constitutional Right to Privacy” guaranteed the “right” to abortion on demand. It was, and obviously is, in a purely legal sense, a States issue.
P.S., Had a prof who asked, if the Right to Privacy is sacrosanct in terminating a pregnancy, then why do so many young people try to ensure everyone knows they are possibly starting a pregnancy, with noisy and/or public sex?
Regarding killing, I’ve killed or caused the killing of too many people in war, and too many tried to kill me. It’s pure luck (and a good XM177E2) that I am here.
I used to be a frequent hunter, and have no problem with it, but I now hunt only to provide meat for an Appalachian orphanage. (At least that’s my excuse!)
Actually, I think hunting would be more challenging if we gave guns to all the deer and bears.... but I digress.
F**K Ho Chi Minn and the other communist bosses, but I have been back to RVN too many times, and met too many good old soldiers who only thought they were doing right to want to engage in any more killing. They didn’t know anything more about socialism and communism than the typical inner city infantryman knew about Adam Smith and the Western economy. ... but if it comes down to me, the Mrs, the kids and grandkids, etc, and frankly, some local shopkeepers, etc. vs. some perps with guns; Mr. Glock and I will ensure the perps are DRT.
The problem isn’t the gun. The problem is the political issue, and absent the exact surroundings, I don’t have an exact answer for you.
All the best,