Well considering how our military and police force is structured, the chances of them actually launching any sort of attack on civilians is pretty much non existent. If they did, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan should show you how futile conventional military weapons are against a small, loosely organized militia.WasdieTrue, but in both those cases they were actively trying not to harm civilians. It's a fair assumption that if our own government turns against us, civilians would be the main targets, in fact, the only targets. There would be no reason whatsoever not to carpet bomb major population centers, and before you know it, we're once again back to the fact that owning an assault rifle did absolutely nothing for the people living in the big city that was targeted by a massive air strike. If anything, the fact that most of them owned one might have been a factor in the decision to target them early on. The US defense budget is larger than all most first-world countries combined, and the notion that "an organized militia" could somehow successfully stand against it if worst comes to worst, strikes me as somewhat delusional. The US Army has a very large nuclear arsenal that is just waiting for a target... and frankly, the mental image of a local militia trying to take on an army or air force or navy base, just makes me cringe. Strapping yourself to some explosives and making a statement on your way out would be a more effective way of committing suicide.
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