You are right that there are countless examples of large and powerful armies that were brought down by smaller and supposedly inferior opponents or "revolutionaries". But, you've made several critically erroneous assumptions. #1 - The majority of the US population is for gun control. The numbers would not be on your side. #2 - you assume that to enforce gun control, the government would declare war on its citizens or start some sort of conflict. In reality, laws would be passed and anyone who breaks them would simply be thrown in jail. #3 - you assume that if the gov tried to enforce gun laws and this somehow erupted into a civil war, that armed citizens would prevail. I highly doubt that this issue is big enough to result in a civil war. However, if some sort of civil war actually broke out, it would not turnout much different from the first one, except that this time, the gov is much more well armed.
As for answering your question on what happens if people start using other guns for mass murders, it's a silly argument. That's like saying we should legalize drunk driving because people do it anyway. We make drunk driving illegal because it reduces drunk driving related deaths/accidents. The same should go for guns. Yes, motivated psychos will find a way to get their hands on whatever guns make it easier for them to mow people down. But, we shouldn't make it easy for them.
Let me ask you this: why have none of the recent mass murderers used a M16A2 Rifle or some other fully automatic weapon?
Holy balls son the amount of idiocy and ignorance in this post rivals a tbombz post.
First I never Said anything about the govt starting a war to take guns away. If the they did become violent towards it citizens though do you really think ppl would be ok with it? Don't be a dumb ass. Public opinion doesn't drives or legislation if it did we wouldn't be stuck with obamacare. I'm not going to address the rest of the idiocy in your first paragraph as its irrelevant to the issue.
We've done exactly what you suggested in your analogy with drunk driving. We have laws banning murder and you know it's illegal to carry a gun in a school zone right?
You wanting to ban guns is like wanting to ban alcohol, why aren't you pissing and moaning about that?
As for last question luckily for us it's bc they are idiots and don't know the law much like yourself. Everyone who has the right to own a gun has the right to own fully automatic weapons it just takes a few steps. I have a trust set up that allows me to own them as well as other class 3 weapons.
Seeing as those weapons are out there and are available, why do you think they aren't being used?
PS These guys are probably doing a lot more damage with semi automatics than fully automatics. You know how fast a 30 round magazine goes in a fully automatic? You know how hard it is to keep a fully automatic on target? It's much more effective to aim and take or shots with a semi automatic than spray a room with a fully automatic which by the way is only possible if you're not being shot back at....
You watched too many Hollywood movies and obviously have very little I any interactions with the objects you're demonizing.
