You are comparing a professional army to civilians.

And who do you think is going to be coming after you if you build up a militia and start screaming “Wildcats”?

And who do we see, time and time again, side with the fat white kids who crossed state lines to murder some n****rs?

The point here is to make the confrontation more equal against people equipped with handguns and not anti-tank missiles.

So you might even say

Privately owned firearms are only a threat to civilians.