Max:Max:
The intention of the Founding Fathers, by keeping the citizenry well armed, was so that they would be prepared, in the event that a self-serving and dictatorial Central Government would begin to trample the constitution and try to force it's will on the people instead of faithfully DOING the will of the people, they would be prepared to remove that government by force, and replace it with elected people who WOULD respect the constitution and the will of the people. How would you propose that they do that? With a bunch of kitchen knives, maybe?

Another old saw; one from the Founding Fathers:
"When the people fear their government, there is oppression. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."

Really now, why else would the Big Government Left be so intent on disarming the law abiding citizenry? Must make the world safe for the agenda of the leftist power grabbing progressives, right?