I guess people forgot, or never really knew, what happened during the LA riots. Something that I witnessed in real-time with my binoculars on top of the helicopter pad on the roof of Rockwell International in El Segundo, CA. The people did in fact take arms against the authorities and the police retreated never to return until nearly two weeks later along with the National Guard. This was true anarchy and those who did not have guns and couldn't protect themselves paid the consequences. It was very satisfying seeing Koreans, no stranger to war, setting up barricades, positioning themselves, and firing at any and all threats. Their businesses were saved and not burned down and looted as so many others were.
The question here is not so much who will win but will people fight back if pushed enough. We have done it here (Waco, Ruby Ridge) and it has been done all throughout the world all through history when the people have turned against and overthrown their government through force of arms.
Sure a lot of Americans are cowards and complacent but not all. I wouldn't underestimate the will of the American people. Anybody involved in the gun culture knows how many militias are out there ready and willing to fight. This country was in a large part founded on the principles of freedom and liberty and it's still embedded in a lot of our hearts. We've overthrown the ruling government tyranny before.
People here, and around the world, always underestimate the Amerian people's resolve.
We're not called the sleeping giant for nothing. We are slow to be roused into action but once we do its game one.