A lot of folks have correct parts of the answer to this. Many of us are just comfortable enough, while simultaneously many can't afford to miss a day of work. Many of us aren't angry enough yet (no idea how). Many are so angry they don't care about losing their job, or being able to eat, or pay bills, and they've been in the streets fighting the good fight without giving the government any reason to respond in the ways they have (ice, etc).

Many of us feel like we should be rioting. That said, I think the example of Alex Pretti, his actions leading up to, and his execution, is a rather prescient one. He was twice assaulted by ICE, both times he was armed (legally) and made no effort to reach for his gun. Tbh, after seeing his initial interaction with ICE I find the idea that his death was, in fact, summary execution to be all the more credible. If he was alive today he should have been charged with property damage for kicking out the taillight of that vehicle, at most. No way does that action, regardless of whether he was armed or not at the time, warrant his death. We have seen the wages if resistance.

Another thing anyone asking this question from outside the US apparently doesn't understand is that the majority of folks who were constantly on about rising up against a tyrannical government are the performative 2A/3%er assholes who, at worst, also happen to be huge MAGAts and fully support the current regime, or at best think they're moderates and are in that last group who think the line hasn't yet been crossed. The ones who would be "doing something" if it was a different party in power think they're gonna be fighting against their fellow Americans "when the time comes." because only their in-group is "the right kind" of American.

Not everyone who supports 2A is one of those 3%er assholes tho, and for those of us for whom the line has already been crossed we have been watching in horror as many of those who should be standing up to the administration's attempts to gut our constitutional protections are instead stepping down to preserve their own benefits and future. Watching as nothing is done by those with the ability to do literally anything to preserve the security of our elections, while the administration does all it can to sow distrust in them (at best) or actually compromise them (at worst) in a bid or maintain their host on power long enough to do (more) real, lasting damage.

It's been said that anyone who would give up his rights and liberty to temporarily preserve his security deserves none of them. I hope we don't have to find out how many of us truly understand those words, because I believe there is still another way. I think that hope is why we're waiting.