I hate to say this, but I tend to agree. When push comes to shove about 90% of American gun owners, in the face of assault teams coming for their guns, will roll over and show their bellies, hand in their guns and whimper: Ba-a-a-a, please don't hurt me or my family!
Want proof? Look at post Katrina New Orleans when Mayor Nagin announced exactly that -- out and out gun confiscations. Everybody else gasped and we waited for the RAGIN' CAJUNS to open fire. And we waited and we waited and ... nothing. They rolled over and crawled.
Still, remember the numbers. Say, (just for the round numbers) there are 100 MILLION gun owners holding on to an average of 300 million lawfully owned firearms and 90% turn them in. That still leaves 10 MILLION hard core patriots, many of whom will be former military going all the way back to Korea (the WWII vets are almost all gone) and many many with serious combat time under their belts. That's not something you just mop up with the local cops, even their SWAT teams. That's Civil War. Most folks I know with those experiences say it like this: "I came into this world kicking and screaming and covered with blood. I have no problem going out the same way...."
“Want proof? Look at post Katrina New Orleans when Mayor Nagin announced exactly that — out and out gun confiscations. Everybody else gasped and we waited for the RAGIN’ CAJUNS to open fire. “
People know the difference between reestablishing order in a disaster zone, and a move to confiscate guns. While the New Orleans confiscations were bad and ruled unlawful,, everybody always knew that normal America, was still functioning with normal rules, about 100 miles away in every direction.
A nationwide confiscation is a different animal and people are smarter than you give them credit for. Also, as for 90%,,the American revolution never saw more than 3% under arms. Among American gun owners, that a few million motivated people. I feel generous today, lets say not 3%, lets say we only had 0.3% to resist. Thats conservatively 250,000 motivated resisters.
The IRA never numbered over a 1000 true, gun carrying fighters.