Do the math? Let's say a small city has 200,000 residents. On average 50% of the population is armed and say 5% of those 200,000 say NO, that's 10,000 armed Americans in that one town. Average police department runs roughly one officer to 340 residents or roughly 590 officers. At least 15% of those paid employees are support staff and not on the street personnel. Now you're down to 500 officers that can be deployed Subtract out at least thirty percent to half of those officer's don't have a death wish trying to disarm the residents. But for argument sake let's say 100% of those officers do have a death wish, those officers will be out numbered by at least 20 to 1. Those officers want to go home to their families at the end of the day, and the last thing they want is a target put on the backs of their family members. Everyone in their neighborhood knows where the police officer lives. As long as the public supports the police they know the neighbors will help protect their family. That officer goes to the wrong side of the conflict, their families are as good as dead. There is only a small percentage of officers that would be willing to go full Nazi SS on their communities. The 400 million plus guns in civilian hands and trillions of rounds of ammunition is all that is keeping the peace between Government law enforcement and the residents they serve. Without the guns in civilian hands we would be screwed like the Europeans and Australians. I heard Obama had the military run simulations of what would happen if the Government ever tried to take away Americans guns by force back in 2013. From what I was told, that report stated that every federal law enforcement personnel would be dead within two months east of the Mississippi and within three months west of the Mississippi. BTW the American people are far better armed today than they were back in 2013.