Savage is a lot more optimistic than I am. I do not see any evidence that there would be any large scale resistance. The military would not defend the Republic from a coup because the officer corps is overweight with Soetoro’s men and the ranks have enough Mohammedans to disrupt the ranks. A coup would be accompanied by immediate deployment of the military and a take down of individual prominent gunowners in most cities and a few in the countryside. Probably half the guns in private hands would be turned in on the inevitable Confiscation order and the rest would not come out effectively. If Mr. Bill had tried it he would have lost. We had leaders leading and we had organization but the militias have mostly dissipated. Surveillance was not ubiquitous in Mr Bill’s reign. It is now. They know where 90% of the guns are.
Anyway I figure I won't survive it.