Quite so DonF.

But, boberdz - if the US military equipped with shock and awe came for the automatic-rifle toting republinuts - even the very few republinuts with tanks and helicopters - just how long would the republinuts last?

There is absolutely no way that a militia could stand against the current might of the US military machine - and that fact removes even fanciful validity from the republinuts' argument that they need their guns to defend against overweening central power.   No chance.