We were given the right to rebel against tyranny. Civil disobedience is in order...with weapons. The only way these people are going to get in line is to show them force. Like the Old West, the Indians respected those who were armed.
The Quannell X folks showed up to protest an execution in Huntsville, Texas a few years back carrying M-16 rifles. Cops said there was nothing they could do since the rifles were not loaded. Of course, they all could have been carrying fully loaded clips in their coat pockets.
I wonder what would happen if a bunch of tea partiers showed up at a rally with unloaded weapons. No, I don’t have to wonder. I know what would happen.