USA hasn't had an armed Militia standoff for a long time as far as i know . But now you are saying that USA 'democrat' Government would nuke the USA so as to neutrilize REAL Americans in the USA eh DragonLady ? [when they regain power in Government] But that aside who is it in the middle east muslim lands that have been fighting the USA and the 'allies' for 17 - 18 years with SMALL ARMS and were fighting the Soviets before they were fighting the USA and Allies DLady .
What I'm saying is that the US military has the most destructive weapons in the history of mankind. The can send in an armed drone or a smart bomb and take you out "surgically". They can track you from outer space. They can do things your forefathers, with their single shots pistols and muskets could not possibly have dreamed of, in terms of killing the enemy, from miles away, without even seeing them.