Eh. I dunno. I've worked as a government employee. I've been to the DMV. The government has tremdous power, too much... it has a scary level of power really.
But, at the same time, I'm astonished they manage to get anything done... Really.
I do believe a well organized militia could not only could put up a good defense - the fear of such a revolt by the populous is one of many checks and balances to government taking over.
One of the first things Hiitler did was to take away weapons of self defense. Made it easier to take over the populus.
We are at the point that even if all guns were made illegal to own today, it's not going to eliminate the massive number of guns out there. It's just not. And no, I don't totally buy the stance that a good guy with a gun will stop a bad guy with a gun.
However, this bad guy with a gun also had the supplies to kill many more people with a large bomb.
We need a cultural shift.
We need more of a culture of personal responsibility. The NRA drives me a little nuts because while they rant and rave and use all their money to protect the second amendment, they do very little to help promote a culture of personal responsibility. No card carrying member of the NRA has ever committed a mass shooting, but they have influenced the culture to demand rights but not influenced culture to create a greater demand that people also take personal responsibility for their lives.
We need a culture of greater community connections and less isolation. We are an extremely isolated self aborted culture in the US. That's gotta shift...
