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I mean realistically what is you owning a gun gonna do against a drone strike or whatever other tech the military has? The only way a revolution happens in the modern day is if the military lets it. I can definitely see the value in guns for protection against paramilitary groups trying to go after people but beyond that guns aren't gonna stop the US government from doing fascist stuff if the military is on their side.
Edit: Also at a certain point if you're actively fighting and resisting against the government getting access to guns even if they are illegal isn't gonna be the biggest problem you have.
Could I get the right to bear nukes?
If you become powerful enough to have them, and get them, you have given yourself the right to have them.
guerilla warfare is still helped by having weapons and is probably still somewhat effective against a military that doesn't want indiscriminate slaughter of civilians.
I mean I would make an argument that it's a lot easier to convince soldiers to shoot down civilians if they're armed versus unarmed. So while it might help with guerilla resistance it most likely wouldnt really help towards the ultimate goal of overthrowing a fascist regime.
Americans would not be fighting alone in such a case.
Untrained unequipped combatants in the Middle East have killed over 20,000 US soldiers in the last 25 years so not sure your point stands
And yet at least in Afghanistan the US propped up government wasn't overthrown until the US military left. Like I said in another comment you can do damage but you're not gonna successfully overthrow the government unless you get the military to defect or let you do it. Combine this with the other points I made that even if guns are illegal you can definitely still acquire them and that gun control is the only way we can combat mass shootings and gun violence and I don't see the positives from being able to own guns outweighing the negatives.
How did Afghanistan turn out?