Americans are to coward to fight. Not only that, but the government would crush any opposition easily.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22151483 I can't fully agree. Americans like any other animal backed into a corner, will fight with everything they have to survive. The military will NOT kill Americans...Because THEY are Americans too. Enlisted folks take the Constitution more seriously then anybody anywhere...We can see this in the past election when the majority of donated monies went to the Ron Paul campaign.
The only real weapon the Gov't has is the domestic police forces. Police as a group, are some of the most unenlightened individuals you'll ever meet in this country. They are programmed robots who fear the loss of their jobs which takes care of their families...So they obey orders. American soldiers have a history of disobeying orders from superiors when morals are questioned.
I believe it was less than 5% of the population that drove England out in the Revolutionary War. We were facing better equipped men who were trained far better in warfare. You know what won us our freedom then...
Today will be no different. Drones can be hacked, internet cannot be shut off (communications helped Egypt), and we as a country are creative, crafty, and fucking nuts. The government wouldn't be going through gun control if it knew it could take us anyways...I have faith in my countrymen. There are a LOT of pissed off rednecks who'll die before giving up their arms. No country can take us...We could barely take Iraq and Afghanistan if at all..It took us 8 years and trillions of dollars to figure out we can't take over the world like we think we can.
If there is a civil war, mark my words China and Russia will help us. We are fine. Checks and balances my friend.
Side-note* - Our Gov't has never attacked a nuclear power. Saddam is a jerk to his people so we killed him...Gadhafi was a "jerk" to his people so we killed him...North Korea starves its' people but we keep sending them fucking rice!