The idea is that guns are useful because it makes pacifying the population more difficult.

If it's the coup or something your own army may not be willing to trade fire with civilian groups but may still be willing to engage in.softer subduing efforts like arrests, water cannons, etc.

It's rich to call people stupid when you're missing the obvious point while engaging in a fantasy of all out war between civilians with guns and an army trying to exterminate them.

I am not engaging in fantasy.

“But we have guns” is fantasy.