Jeepers allmendream — I think you're missing PapaBear's point. Who determines whether someone is an "enemy of the state" or an "illegal gun owner" in the first place? It seems to me you are remarkably blythe about this danger.
And naïve about this one:
The people get the government they vote for. If they vote for stupidity, on their own head be it, and hopefully a few years of socialist incompetence will teach them better.So what if a "few years of socialist incompetence will teach them better." The real issue is, being now in a more realistically informed state, whether they would then be in any position to rectify the damage, having been thoroughly stripped of their liberties....