1) My comment was as not specifically pro-gun as yours was anti-gun. 2) Yes, that's why the USG had no trouble brushing aside the Iraqis and people in Afghanis

1) My comment was as not specifically pro-gun as yours was anti-gun. 2) Yes, that's why the USG had no trouble brushing aside the Iraqis and people in Afghanistan who didn't want us there. 3) Irrelevant. Nuclear weapons are so hopelessly overscaled you can't actually use them - they're only good for threatening. It's not like Washington is going to nuke Los Angeles. The reality is every successful indigenous revolution requires a schism in the military. That's the way it's always been. But an armed citizenry means a whole lot fewer military units have to defect. 4) Soldiers in the US army don't get fully automatic weapons at the individual level - those are squad level weapons. The fancy drones and missiles require a fully functional economy to create and maintain. Once a civil war starts all those supply lines dry up.