At the risk of pissing off several AH members,
Does that mean you're beginning to understand why people want to legally own guns? 'The government' isn't just the military, it's anyone who acts on the orders they receive from the government and by acting on illegal orders, they become illigitimate and in violation of the oath they swore. 'Self protection' isn't only for dealing with common criminals, it's for ANY attack or assault that could lead to injury, death or illegal assault by government, especially when they're not wearing marked clothing.
At 249 years, the US is late in meeting the following-
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”
― Alexander Fraser Tytler
