| mrstickball said: Actually, the right to bear arms would provide sufficent resistance. Ever hear of a place called Iraq? Despite all the technology available, having an armed populace is the best way to deterr the government from becomnig too tyrannical. I would argue that our culture of rejecting tyranny helps, but that's manifested in the right to bare arms. If the country did impose laws that destroyed freedoms, then the populace could at least resist in a way that would cripple the govenrment and prevent them from doing anything. If a supervirus was ever released into the populace, do you think any other government would stand by and let that happen? Do you think that people wouldn't decide to grab a gun, build a bomb, and attack government sanctioned points that would offer the drug? Trust me, you underestimate the resolve of a people to fight against a government they disagree with. It's being done in many countries across the globe with low-tech solutions. We live in a country of 300,000,000 and well-build infrastructure. I can assure you if just 1/10th of the people wanted to revolt against the country, they could bring the nation to it's knees in a matter of weeks without high-tech solutions.
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The Iraq is actually a quite good example - but for the opposite. Ever heard of a person called Saddam Hussein and his regime which lasted fairly long?
The reason, why the US can't control Iraq, is because: they went in without a plan, ignorance of the culture there and because they are seen as an agressor from outside by many different groups (Before anybody jumps on that: yes, I hope Iraq is going to be a real democratic country one day). Armed citizens do shit as long as you feed them with enough patriotism or/and a national identity.
I can understand, that you don't want your rights to be castrated (I can imagine a major uproar in Southern Germany, if they would really ban drinking in public i.e.), but I don't think, that bearing arms is really that important.
The anger should have come along, as they took some basic rights away and where able to keep you in interrogation as long as they want without a trial, but to be honest, has there even been some plans to ban arms anyway recently? I haven't heard of any.
