There are various levels of tyranny. The county I am in (Ghana), had a spree of military dictators for over 30 years but the military didn’t go on a killing sp

There are various levels of tyranny. The county I am in (Ghana), had a spree of military dictators for over 30 years but the military didn’t go on a killing spree. Guns are available and the military had the weakest amount of influence in the countryside where many farmers had weapons. Having the half the population armed with handguns would have been a huge restraint on the army since they wouldn’t have been able to operate safely in cities either. While it’s true that it wouldn’t stop indiscriminate genocide committed by the government, most counties are factional and the military is made of people who have relatives in the general pop.