Right, the only people who should be armed are the christian nationalists who are already armed to the teeth and itching to use them. As we all know, nothing bad ever happens when people without guns confront people with guns. It worked out great for the native Americans!

The native tribes had guns

Exactly. This idea that indigenous people are savages who will go up against an ar-15 with a bow and arrow is nonsense. Even going back to the 1600s there are MANY reports of going from “What is that scary noise maker” to “I want me one… and I can get it off this dead fool”.

And they used them to great effect. Often against even more heavily armed “whites”.

Until the military rolled up.

Gun nuts just don’t want to understand (probably because NRA TV doesn’t talk about it…). If privately owned firearms were a threat to the government, they would be banned. That is WHY gun control happened (no, it is not all about those uppity Blacks buying glocks on their way to march with Dr King). Many of our modern day laws can be traced back to fears of another “wild west” or even 20s/30s where “gangsters” had literal machine guns and were better equipped than the national guard.

But now? A designated marksman will blow your head off while you are ranting about how you are a sovereign citizen. It doesn’t take THAT many people to flank your compound and light you up. And if your militia DOES get your Wildcats on? Mortars and drones and tanks.

Privately owned firearms are only a threat to civilians.