[IbJensen]

"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of. almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which. the people are attached and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a. barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which. a simple government of any form can admit of." --James Madison, Federalist No. 46, 1788

[fattigermaster]

I think this ties right in with your other thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2971855/posts

If they manage to legislate both gun ownership and conservative Christianity as being commitable psychological pathologies, then it's possible you may see the mental institutions reopened...not for the mass murderers, but for us.

"Welcome to the Sunny Acres Convalescent Facility...now please take your psychotropic meds so the nice nurse won't have to shoot you." /s