Nah, look: those DHS goons, for instance, are fully decked out in better kit than the stormtroopers that get sent out to terrorize the middle east but they're still human. They scream, they bleed, they die. A rifle, and enough people to use them is all you need. The paramilitaries are a bunch of big babies and cowards at heart. All that kit is for intimidation. They have no stomach for a sustained fight, because they've never been in one, and never will. The day people fight back for real is the day a good number of them will turn in their badges because dying ain't worth it: they've got mortgages on their identical cookiecutter surburban hellscape mansion and paying off the 6 year lease on their $80k Chevy to take care of. They're not gonna actually put their ass on the line because they have far too much to lose for real.

They thrive on their myth of bravery, sacrifice, and working the most dangerous job in the world. But when it will become time for them to actually be put in danger, they will fold.