If it isn’t an armed revolt is will be waste of time.
I believe you are mistaken; you can stand up and be counted.
Read the scriptures to understand why:
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell.
Luke 20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Luke 22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Draw your own conclusions- and use the Constitution, and existing US Law. See: Heller vs. D.C. for a start.