China never had a citizenry widely armed with firearms. Germany was also never widely armed prior to Hitler. This is an urban myth. Only a handful of societie

China never had a citizenry widely armed with firearms. Germany was also never widely armed prior to Hitler. This is an urban myth. Only a handful of societies have ever had widespread civilian armament. Certainly not enough to make any kind of causal inference about the general effects of firearms on revolutionary or counter-revolutionary activity. And Wounded Knee? This was a continuation of a policy of Manifest Destiny and genocide that saw hundreds of massacres and battles. The many armed battles that took place would suggest that being armed wasn't a significant deterrent to US cavalry.