Army starts doing massacres in America, we would be seeing people defending themselves. You will not see this. You live in America, not China. We do have periodic massacres in Las Vegas and Florida which do not endear the public to AR15s. These are not done by US troops.
Playing devils advocate for sake of continuing a great discussion. I think my view here is not democrats or Obama or the deep state we have today somehow plotting to suppress or even enslave Americans.
What is more likely a scenario is one where a severely stressed or broken government be it natural disaster, or economic disaster begins to operate like a third world country. Don’t think it could happen, we’ll think about the fallout from a massive economic collapse. When you really analyze the world economy it is just one big house of cards. The only reason that we are allowed to owe the world $27 Trillion dollars is because the believe we are a good investment. That status may not last forever. Imagine the next great depression but one where China refuses to loan money. Inflation jumps to 15-20%. Unemployment jumps to 20-30%. Welfare programs fall apart so the generational poor are now fighting the newly impoverished middle class for table scraps. Under those circumstances government corruption will run wild unlike anything we have ever seen. The soldiers thankful for the small paychecks they do receive would be asked to suppress civil unrest. The fears and prejudices we have now would be easily amplified. Local politicians could easily convince a desperate public that the “other Americans” are the reason for their suffering.
Military units might actually be convinced that they are fighting to save our country from total destruction by killing “other” Americans.
I guess if you are not one of the “other” Americans then you might not need an AR15, bump stock, Rocket Launcher, IED, what have you.
I don’t wake up every day believing our country could descend into this type of chaos but we really are only as good as the value of our economy. An impoverished country is not a free country.