[ronnie raygun]

So government can arm government agencies of all sorts but the civilian population has to give theirs up

[RedMonqey]

"So government can arm government agencies of all sorts but the civilian population has to give theirs up”

One doesn't depend upon the other. Every agency has to have security of one sort or another which nowadays is a good thing if you are doing business with the federal government offices.(Yes we are unarmed on government property so I'm ok with an armed guard on the premises.)

And people forget how Huuuuge the federal government has gotten!(It's Huuuuge!)

[null and void]

So government can arm government agencies of all sorts but the civilian population has to give theirs up

“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” Barack Hussein Obama, 7/2/2008

They don’t call it a Civil Defense force, that would imply we need (or perhaps that we deserve) defense. The official name is National Civilian Community Corps.

I think of it as the NatCCC, or more simply, as the NatCs...

[Hardastarboard]

It’s worse than you imagine. I’ve seen statistics that some agencies that have NO business with firearms have them, in quantity. This needs to stop.