It seems like a prevailing misunderstanding here that when shit hits the fan for real, guns will somehow save you and the elites should "bring it on" because you will gun down every single one of them you see.
Yeah, no.
When it really hits for real you will be just cowering and starving in palpable amounts of fear.
(And while electricity still exists in the covid world lockdowns, expect water and food shortages simply because government will not let you buy bottled water or food for the reason that "You are a super spreader")
Do not let it escalate to that point in the first place.
No, guns are the equalizer. I'm dug in like a tick. It's going to take a tank to destroy me and my neighbors. And putting tanks in the middle of nowhere will require a long supply line.
America is too big for these tactics. They will just crop dust us with fentanyl or a bunch of mini nukes but running a bus around, picking up fema camp people, not likely.
Libya is a fully armed nation before it collapsed.
Tsarist Russia was a fully armed nation before the Bolsheviks collapsed it.
It only helps against invading bandits who want to steal your food stashes, not against a full blown political/humanitarian crisis.
It is not a physical mark.
Your faith to the system is the mark.
You can still have guns...just don't tell anyone. Can't find a private seller? 80% it.