“Fear the government that fears its citiens armed.”
A government that doesn’t fear its citizens will do whatever it wants to them.
Government is supposed to fear its citizens. It’s what keeps them in line. That said, we’re so far from what the founding fathers intended with government it would be much harder to do what they did to King George over 230 years ago.
"If someone is so fearful that they are going to start using their weapons to protect their rights, it makes me very nervous that these people have weapons at all."
— Rep. Henry Waxman