Exactly this, they are poking a snake, hoping it lashes out and attacks the state structure for these crimes, at which point the state will strike down the attacker, label him as a neo-nazi or tea partier and attempt a seizure of power by moving in with national guard troops to seize guns. Local law enforcement will be all in riot gear, controlling protests, while military or possibly foreign security contractors like American Police Force would step in to do the actual raid, search, and confiscations. At first it will be just from a select few "dangerous citizens"(patriots/exmil/3percenters), then the "undesireables"(debtors/excons/unemployed) and then later, from everyone.