I guess we will have to rely on our instinct, for simple survival. Recall WWII, and 'awaking the sleeping giant.'
We had better be reminding our fellow Americans that 11 Sep. 2001 was DIRECT ATTACK ON OUR LANDS AND CITIZENS, and MURDERED MORE AMERICANS THAN PEARL HARBOR.
Pray we respond with the same single-mindedness. Pray and do our parts.
Can you imagine how well American industry would have been able to respond to the demands of the military in the 40s had there been all the federal regulation that we have today? Even if the regulations are lifted, so much American industry has been moved outside the country that we'll be hard pushed to even provide small arms for ourselves.
If the government won't sacrifice some of its illegally assumed control over us, we won't be able to make the sacrifices that we are willing to make. This isn't meant as doom and gloom, it's just the way it looks to me. I would be very happy if Congress would prove me wrong.