The scary thing is that there are amongst conservatives, a large number of "The Law is the Law - If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear - security at all cost" types that would be the first to throw you into the gas chamber for speaking "dissent" because they were told to by any authority figure.
Ahhh for the good old days of Reagan. But alas, his words were not heeded and here we are now. The chips are already being implanted, the cameras are scanning and recording as we speak, the Patriot Act has opened the door for the state to make people just "disappear" without trials, etc. The attorney general is calling anyone who complains about their liberty-depriving security an aid to terrorists. It is almost impossible not break some law somewhere and thus lose one's RKBA. Medical and Juvenile records are being searched and compared against currect gun registrations to further deprive citizens of their armed heritage.
Believe me, the names of the dissenters are being duly noted and while they are for now only being heckled as tinfoilers or black helicoptor types, they too, will disappear, while the good patriots who sold their freedom for a few more years of security in the gilded, state approved cage will continue bending over for the priviledge of a rectal exam by every badge on every corner.
The laws won't go away, and the people who enforce them won't always be a nice guy like Bush.
*snifff ahhhhh - smell that? It's the smell of freedom in America a few years from now, the smell of a rubber gloved thumb up the gumper.
"Just say no!" Applies to police states too I guess.
Best regards,