And of course you are entitled to your opinion.
But do you really feel your freedom is in jepordy by an oppressive government? Do you see the next Stalin on the rise?
What I see in an armed citizery. The government can't move against the people.. and if they did they better have 100% of the miltary on their side to kill us all.. which I doubt would ever happen.
This isn't the old west.. or a group of framers having to worry about the Army raiding them. Today with the information superhighway, technology is far more powerful then anything the goverment can send after us.
A government that perpetrates atrocities such as Waco, Ruby Ridge, and the Elian Gonzales affair and that can become run by the likes of Bill Clinton is a far greater menace to life and liberty than what individual citizens (not bands of illegals) may possess.