Do you believe individual gun ownership prevents dictatorship, or could do so?

[Ken Burch]

(Note: I'll be starting this same poll in GD...wondering what differences there might be in the responses between there and here.)

Given that somebody in the Pentagon has probably READ "The Art Of War", isn't it likely that, if there was an attempt to impose an actual violent police state on the U.S., those who did so(after gaining the Pentagon's cooperation)would amass unchallegeable force(including nuclear weapons, if necessary)to subdue the populace?

In addition to answering the poll questions, I'd like people here to discuss how realistic they think it would be to successfully carry out armed resistance against the imposition of a Federal dictatorship?

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	Yes, individual gun ownership can and does prevent dictatorship
	18 (72%)
	No, it doesn't and it can't
	5 (20%)
	not sure
	0 (0%)
	other
	2 (8%)
	no opinion
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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