Do you think the American people (private citizens) could overtake the U.S. Military?

Question

Is this possible from a logistical and practical standpoint being that there are 2-3 million american gun owners compared to 1.5 million active duty military personnel (even though total armed forces are about 2.5 million)? You couuld also look at like this: private citizens- 297.5 million, military 2.5 million. Would the people have the tactical advantage being that they are all spread out and so much more numerous or would the government have the advantage with their superior firepower even though it only takes a single 22 caliber bullet or kitchen knife to kill someone?

Answer 1

Hey! Guess what? You already asked this stupid question. So...since you asked the exact same question, I am going to answer the exact same question with the exact same answer....

Your question is flawed. How many of those 2-3 million gun owners are military? If, say, a million of those gun owners you refer to are military, then that leaves you with a far fewer count of american citizens to raise up against the military. And how many that are left after you take out active duty/reserve/guard out of the picture are FORMER military? So how many does that leave. And many legal gun owners are supporters of the military, so they wouldnt rise up against military anyway. How many do you have left now? How many can hit a target that have a gun?

You have a few thousand. Fight is over before it begins. The end.

Answer 2

Alright now the civillians have what, shotguns, hunting rifles, handguns? And the Army has tanks, planes, missles, M16A2s, SMAWs, and all the money.

Numbers dont necessarily matter; you have 2.5 million guys w/ tanks, planes, ships, and assault rifles; and you have 300 million w/ handguns and shotguns...That would just be a slaughter.
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And why would this scenario ever even happen? If there was another Civil War probably around half of the Military would go to one side, and the other half the other; it wouldnt be Military vs Civillians.

Answer 3

It'd be simple, and you don''t need to use guns or any other weapons to do it. Instead, you begin a campaign of emasculating the armed forces with sensitivity training, lower the standards of enlistment to allow women and homosexuals in the ranks, and enforce idea that the purpose of the military is to "help people", not kill them in defense of our country. Eventually, you'll have a military so weakened from within that the girl scouts could take it over.

Answer 4

this is the main reason our forefathers warned us against a all volunteer army, professional soldiers are more prone to obey orders and fire on their own people, while a drafted man would not be as apt to fire on his own people, our constitution says the armed forces will never be used against the people , but we have seen how our politicians have violated that part by sending troops to fight the south during the civil war , however not very many northern men fought for them the main force of military was from immigrants who came here from England, Germany,Ireland etc, with offers of citizenship if they served, and Kennedy's sent troops to Arkansas to force integration in the fifty's, this is why the gov,ir trying so hard to only have a volunteer army, as they do expect some major problems in the future, since we are a Zionist owned country

Answer 5

Good imagination. The Army alone could put a stop to that in days. One patriot missile verses on kitchen knife. One up armored Humvee with a 50. cal verses 80 rifles. Who do you think would win??? I don't like the thought that us as troops would kill our own country. I can't see why our own country would go up against us as troops when we are here to defend them. Even if the situation we are in right now doesn't seem like.

Answer 6

If every citizen in the US was to help try to take over the military, yes, I believe it could be done. There would be WAY more casualties for the citizens though. You could never get everyone on board though. Realistically speaking, I do not think it is possible for citizens to defeat the military in armed conflict. The founding fathers wrote that it is our responsibility to change the government however we can if it's needed, but I don't think they could have foreseen what the world would bee like 200+ years later. I don't think it can be done.

Answer 7

You again?

This is ridiculous. No, private citizens could not take over the military. The military trains each one of their soldiers how to survive tough conditions. They train to be skilled in actual combat situations. They also have sophisticated weapons and strategy that the private citizen does not.

Answer 8

Good point, not to mention the fact that they have people in the hills, mountains and marshes that have made long distance shots that would have got a highly trained sniper jealous. I also have a lot of friends who have been stocking up on ammunition and weapons for years......not to overthrow the government, but for protection just in case it's ever needed.

Answer 9

have you ever thought about how many of those private citizens with guns are members of the military? That would reduce your ratio quite a bit.

second point, why would you want to over take the US Military, are the Military members not members of your own community?

Maybe you should start thinking about how awful our lives would be if we did not have a Military??

You obviously have far too much time on your hands, put your time to good use.

Answer 10

The communists in China won when technology was not on their side, so yes it's very possible to overtake a country with that sort of disadvantage.