De Facto Civil War Between Police and the Public?

[Eric the Green]

Warren Dew, to think that arming citizens is the way to protect the people from the state and its police is foolish nonsense. You shoot the police, they shoot back. They arm themselves and shoot and ask questions later. A state that requires citizens to be armed to oppose it, is a state on the way to civil war. To fight a civil war or revolution is a last-ditch remedy, and usually destined to fail, unless the state or dictator is so weak that armed forces won't support it either. To win a civil war or revolution against a strong, armed state will require that you form a state of your own, with vast armies, police and very-likely foreign assistance. The result is usually a state that is just as oppressive as the one you overthrew. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. That's history; them's the facts.