"in this revolution at one point or other they will be used - and your son, with his gun, will have to respond."

Completely disagree that the use of guns is inevitable in a revolution(certainly not the sort of revolution I am advocating). As usual, you are putting forward the most extreme scenario possible simply on the fact that a bunch of idiots has been found possessing FAKE guns with no proof that these were intended for use during the forthcoming protests.

revolution (CHANGE)   noun [C]
a very important change in the way that people do things

revolutionary   adjective
completely new and having a great effect:

revolutionize, UK USUALLY revolutionise   verb [T]
to completely change something so that it is much better: