Guns are also good for situations like this:
The Battle of Athens was an armed rebellion led by WWII veterans and citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the tyrannical local government in August 1946.
After the Sherriff used 200 ‘deputies’ to beat and detain the WWII veteran supporters of the opposing candidate during the election, he took the ballot boxes back to the jail house for an “official count” which violated Tennessee law. Then the shooting started and the people took back what was taken from them.
Short clip from the movie about this event
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5ut6yPrObw
Column by Eleanor Roosevelt describing this as a warning to politicians
http://www.constitution.org/mil/tn/batathen_press.htm
Read your post on The Battle of Athens. Most interesting! Thanks for posting!
Why do you think the Feds are trying to take the guns away from GIs and combat vets? This is exactly what those in the District of Criminals are scared of.