.,..and thank God they did.
In their time, the line they drew in the sand, was when the big government of their day, on an organized and massive basis, came for their weapons. That's when they fought.
Now, the situation in New Orleans does not necessarily represent those same circumstances...but the seeds are there and we'd best be ever more vigilant.
"I understand all you say...yet there comes a time when a person must fight. "
No doubt. You are correct. New Orleans, this week, however, is not that time.
We did, indeed, fight a revolution to establish this country. I don't know if we will ever have to do that again, but it won't be started by individual people holding off a bunch of LEOs and NG types in the middle of a natural disaster. As I said, that way madness lies.