GUEST999 - the way to deal with a government you don't trust is through the ballot box, that's how civilised societies do it, not by waving guns around and getting a hard-on by talking big about taking on the government by force of arms.

So, how many times since the 2nd Amendment was put into the Statute Books has your 'we'll regulated militia' (ha, there's a laugh!) used the arms it considers its right to bear in order to whip your government into line? I'll clue you - it's a number that's less than one.

And should your 'well regulated militia' of rednecks, gun-nuts, sexual inadequates and paranoids (interspersed with a few farmers, hunters, target-shooters and retired cops) take up arms against your government, how long do you think they'd last before they got a bloody good kicking from your 'standing army' (along with your Air Force and navy) and started taking up residence in body bags?

FFS, get real! It's a ridiculous illusion which has been grabbed and peddled by the gun-nuts and NRA as justification for the proliferation of guns in the US. Anyone who truly believes it really should NOT be granted a permit to possess firearms, on the grounds that they are delusional to the point of being mentally defective.