“I have an awful hard time imagining that we will collectively do squat if Barry ever goes full dictator. All those guns? Most owners will surrender them in the face of an APC.”
Yes they will. In the revolutionary war, only 3% or so fought as revolutionaries.
I think in the present circumstances it would be a somewhat higher percentage, say 5% (1 in 20). So it would “only” be 4 million or so people defending the Constitution - presuming 80 million gun owners, which I think might be low.
Also bear in mind that many in the armed services and national guard would be highly sympathetic with the rebels.
I certainly hope that such an entirely hypothetical situation never comes to pass. The bloodshed would be enormous.
That was the figure the NRA was using in 1989 so it probably is a bit low. By 30 or 40 million perhaps.