The HKers may need guns and weapons.
Also, this could spread to China. Chinese people aren’t in love with their local police and party bosses. They could be inspired to fight back.
It’s hard to know just how much the party is worried.
“Also, this could spread to China. Chinese people aren’t in love with their local police and party bosses. They could be inspired to fight back.”
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Not likely, the Chinese generally aren’t boat-rockers. Maybe if something caught on with students/universities, but even that’s a long shot of occurring.
Ideally, in the “should have” category, Britain should have told China the HK handoff deal was off when Mao took over, since the agreement was made with the defunct Qing Dynasty government.