People who imagine a long protracted civil war, imo, completely overestimate the fortitude of the left/commie/gun grabbers. The minute there is actual pushback, they will of course scream and wail and throw dust in the air and call for totalitarian repression and savagery. What they DON'T get is that once the masks come off, there is no longer anything protecting these guys from savage reprisals in reverse. Swalwell and Biden's snooty questions about what will the bubbas do against nukes, drones and F15s COMPLETELY neglect that we know where at Seymour Johnson, Las Vegas, or McLean VA the button pushers live. They live in a completely hermetically sealed world where violent reprisals against violence is NEVER a consequence....., but what about when the ones protecting the Janet Yellens (who ordered the murder at Waco) or the feds who protect the judge presiding over J6 trials are doxxed and targeted? It is ALREADY the case that fed agents invading patriot style events, when identified and photographed, cover their faces. What will happen when they fear for their own or their family's safety?
The greatest fear of totalitarians is a realization of those over whom they rule come to realize that their power DEPENDS on the acquiescence of those ruled.
People talk about the horrors of a balkanization of society and the brutality of civil wars and all, but they neglect that the Balkans have GENERATIONS of hatreds and societal feuds and brutalities in the memories of people. We have no such history. We have some contempt and disgust and disregard for the commie leftists in the press and universities and entertainment/political realms, but no murderous rage that has piled up. I just don't see a group of people storming the offices of the News and Observer and hanging the editorial staff on lamp posts. Most people would be content to simply spit on them as they flee for their lives and laugh at them while they hysterically pound in 911 on their cell phones.
As the original cite by
@noway2 points out, there are just too many guns out here for a balls to the wall attempt at suppression, confiscation and brutalization to work..... at least at present. No telling what will happen in a decade or so, but my money is on a rebound of freedom.
My opinion, anyway.