Firepower and numbers advantage only works if there was adequate training ... to give the ability to use that firepower and numbers to their advantage.
But ... if the civilians involved are trained to use the weapons available to them ... to their advantage ... they could easily gain the advantage.
Those that can't believe that ... remember Vietnam ...
Good to hear ... For the NZ defense Forces ... any training for local "Crowd Control" was fun at the time, and none of us ever hoped we would ever do it for real (well ... OK .. a few did). We did Base security around the places we were stationed ... and we had to be serious about it.
I've been on the receiving end of a 50 cal' machine gun ... from a yank that had got himself lost. At the time I thought my shirt and fly buttons were keeping me too far off the ground. Annoyed and upset ... was AFTER the shooting stopped ...
Not quite "At any moment" ... due process has to be followed. Otherwise ANY action (By civilians or Military ... Armed or otherwise) taken against Elected Government or it's staff ... by any serving Military units or Police ... will be not legal. Do you not recall the events and actions taken after the election results in Fiji ... quite a number of years ago ???
WORLD opinion has a major influence on sanctions placed on countries that have An "irregular" change of Government ...
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