The average citizen on his own cannot go against the government. But look at numbers, 300 million americans can do so real damage with shotguns, and AR-15’s (one of the best selling weapons in the US). If the government decided one day that they want to pull some crap like in the former USSR, pre-war Germany… they have to take our guns away first, because if we are armed, its not going to be allowed to happen.
We have gotten into this mindset that guns are for hunting. When the real truth is that the framers of this country designed that guns would really allow for self defense, from criminals, and a corupt government.