The judiciary and the executive have also been protecting the corrupt instead of the nation. They've already shredded the constitution. Putting guns in military hands on the street WILL trigger shooting, because if the law abiding citizens remain peaceful, the Vought will deploy a gunman.
I don't believe that the people currently protesting will instigate violence, but I do believe that one of the orange idiot's controllers will take that out of the people's hands, because they do not care about anything but their own power.
That’s a likely maneuver. Escalation of violence is a time-proven fascist strategy. If the population accepts it, it becomes normal; if We fight back, it becomes justification for use of deadly force & martial law. I want to be wrong, but there are few likely peaceful outcomes at this point.
We watched the Biden administration and the DNC leadership squander every single peaceful and legal opportunity they had to put a halt to the pedo-fascist coup, and even squander opportunities that the scrotus gave them. Now that they're in power, the ball's in their court.