The constitution is ink on paper, it's not some magical document that compels people follow it by merely being in its presence like you seem to think. And cling

The constitution is ink on paper, it's not some magical document that compels people follow it by merely being in its presence like you seem to think. And clinging to one example from 150 years ago isn't a very convincing. If such a thing happened today the outcome would very clearly be different. A rag-tag group of untrained goat herders and farmers kicked out the largest military force in the history of the world using basic fighting equipment. This is all despite their invaders having tanks, helicopters, jets, satellite imagery, night vision, body armor, and 10:1 ratio of boots on the ground. The overwhelming majority of experienced combat veterans have been out of the US military for almost a decade and side themselves more with their state of residence than the federal government. There is an entire generation of Americans that have more combat experience than anyone currently in the armed forces. Why exactly do you think the federal government is going to do anything again? The deck is stacked against them. It's much better if the federal government peacefully relinquished power and gave it back to the states. The argument seems to be that anyone that disobeys the US federal government should be killed because it happened 150 years ago, therefore it will happen again the same way today.