Love your tag line. Dad was in Japan and met a man whom he asked why they didn’t invade the US after Pearl Harbor. Dad was informed that the Japanese were afraid that they would lose too many men as Americans are allowed to own guns. I think that was what the forefathers of the constitution had in mind with the second amendment.
That may have been part of it. The founding fathers were also afraid of a tyrant seizing power.
After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, there was a symposium of military officers from a number of countries which was held in Europe.
During a break in the conference, a group of military officers were gathered in an informal circle, chatting and enjoying some food and drink.
One of the American officers asked his Russian counterpart, “Tell me, during the Cold War, did the Soviet Union ever consider invading the United States?”
The Russian officer laughed and said, “Oh no! You people have too many guns over there!”