Originally Posted by Botnst

It depends, doesn't it? One wouldn't think that the death of a common man would not be be so uncommon as to undo a government. But the history of mankind has lots of cases in which a tyranny's downfall began with some singular event. Perhaps the loss of a life.

So for example, when the government over-reached and murdered all those wackoes in Waco and that family of racists in Montana or Idaho, it motivated a hell of a lot of people around the country to question WTF the government was up to. Those events still have their echoes in law enforcement and in the consciousness of a lot of citizens.

So yeah, taking your gun against the seemingly impossible odds of a nearly omnipotent, tyrannical government may appear to be a waste of time and a life. But in the long run, who knows.

However, armed resistance isn't usually necessary and isn't usually the best course. But sometimes it is. Nice to have the tools that allow a free citizen to make an individual choice on that matter. Like Patrick Henry said. Many people still believe those old fashioned notions of liberty.

B