They aren't afraid of us yet. I think there's a Jefferson quote about the government needing to be afraid of the people.
I remember that quote...hang on a sec
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/q169586.html
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
“he who would surrender a measure of freedom for a measure of safety; deserves neither freedom nor safety”
—Ben Franklin
“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. “
“What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? “
“And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. “
—Jefferson
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Thomas Jefferson