If that is the preferred military technology of the time, then yes.
I know that people routinely bring up MLK Jr. and Ghandi as examples of how revolutions have taken place without gunfire, however, I feel those opinions are misguided. MLK Jr. and Ghandi, both great men, had the advantage of pressing a country in a time when the country was militarily occupied in other places. I, for one, do not believe that India would have gained its independence had Great Britain not been involved in the British just finished fighting two wars, the two costliest wars in history, in thirty years. I also doubt that the Civil Rights Act of 1968 would have been passed had it not been for the Detroit Riots in 1967. It was the only time in American history in which our Active Duty Military forces have been deployed to fight on American soil, as a regiment from the 82nd Airborne was sent to Detroit to keep the peace (in the middle of the Vietnam War!) MLK Jr. was assassinated in 1968 and less than a week later the CRA 1968 was passed. I believe the legislators feared riots of triple the size of the Detroit riots.
