RANT mode ON:
There are always "good citizens" willing to take the side of a government. What happened in Nazi Germany or the USSR could happen in the U.S.
The government will not declare itself to be the "enemy of the people". WE will be the "enemies, foreign or domestic", that government-serving military and/or para-military forces will attack.
If you doubt me, remember the Whiskey Rebellion, the Bonus March on Washington, Waco, Ruby Ridge, etc.
I'm not a historian, sociologist, psychologist or a PhD. But I know there will be people willing to turn in their fellow man for the proverbial "thirty pieces of silver". Always. In every country.
This is almost always carried out "for the people". Proletariat of the World, Unite! is merely a recent effective example. Good God, look around you! There are still many people supporting and defending Clinton! Do you really believe these twits would fight our government for liberty and freedom!
If the insurrection ever occurs, the vast majority of Americans will sit back and wait for personal advantage. The true Spirit of '76 is virtually dead - replaced by big screen TVs and computer CDs!
The USSR enslaved more people and greater land mass than the U.S. - and they didn't have the modern tools available to OUR government.
Just ponder how many times you've heard someone say, "I don't make the rules. I just enforce them." Or, "I'm sorry, but it's policy."
Listen to Cornered Rat. He has the most first-hand experience and the "marbles" to express it.
RANT mode OFF:
We, as gun-owners, need to unite ourselves and then find a way to bring in the NON-gun-owning lovers of liberty. Else we perish.