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Your entire post ignores the reality of what urban small arms warfare looks like. Look at the hellish time militaries have in urban settings: Fallujah, Kabul, Aleppo, Gaza City. Yes, militaries are way better than regular civilians, but there's something like 400 million guns in the US. This isn't just a few people we're talking about here. If 1% of the population puts up a half decent resistance there's going to be a hell of a fight.
Oh I was hoping somebody would play the "the brave men and women of the mujahideen" card!
Yes. Let's look at them
If an army does not want to destroy a population center or be seen as oppressors, they can put up a significant fight. That... mostly accomplishes nothing aside from slowly bleeding an army and leading to a withdrawal. Which, as I said, above, only works if there is somewhere to withdraw to. If that is the army's "land" then they won't pull out
So... let's now look at Gaza. Hamas engaged in a horrifically evil terrorist attack. The IDF instantly used that as an excuse to level Gaza to the ground and ethnically cleanse anyone who opposed them. It doesn't matter how great your small arms tactics are or how many ambushes you have set up if the army is willing to level a few city blocks... or a small city.
And just look at how much the Black Lives Matter movement was vilified by right wing chuds for the recipe for that.
Which gets back to: What are you and your, I am sure incredibly well trained, buddies going to do with all them guns when a tank or even just an APC rolls up? And this ain't like the movies (... or Russia in Ukraine) where it is a lone tank only defended by Brad Pitt's winning smile. There will be infantry as well to prevent you from running up and throwing molotovs at it (which wouldn't even impact an Abrams since that runs so freaking hot?). What will you and your buddies do against drones that are either dropping bombs, launching missiles, or spotting for artillery?
I'm not sure where you think I argued that the civilians would win. My argument is that there would be a civil war because there would be a ton of armed people on both sides of the conflict. You bring up Gaza City like they're all finished clearing it out. It doesn't matter how well an army is trained or equipped, urban warfare is absolutely brutal and it would be in America too. You think that the US military could take a city like New York without heavy civilian resistance? Don't make me laugh.
To answer your question: Me and my buddies would likely be the first to die.
Ah, so death cult with no actual interest in accomplishing anything.
Well, thanks for admitting it
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