The very original motivation to keep and bear arms from our founding fathers was to prevent tyranny from the government.
I always wonder what the NRA folks would do if they actually saw some sort of tyranny going on in our government. Exactly who are they going to shoot? Their senator? Their congressman? The governor? The mayor? The dog catcher? The garbage man? Who are they going to shoot?
One might consider the situation that occurred in Waco TX many years ago, where the government unleashed military weapons against the Branch Dividian Compound in 1993. Many believed it was a true expression of government tyranny. Yet, how many NRA members bought a bus ticket and took their firearms to Waco to defend these people from the government tyranny? Probably none of them did. Maybe for them, defending against tyranny really isn't so important?.
Was not the Branch Davidian incident under Clinton and Janet Reno....? And the government, the liberal government, was too fast to try and prove a point, get in there and make a great takedown for the news before an upcoming election. They went in whole hog and high winded, and got their arses handed to them. Shoulda just waited out the child rapist for when he came back into town, laid low so to speak and get him when his guard was down. Patience is your friend, waited 3 to 6 months and grab him with his pants down around ankles while getting coffee or buying toilet paper...? Oh, and I think Clinton owns Ruby Ridge too, Randy Weaver and his shot dead wife and son as I remember....? All done by high handed, liberal government gun grabbers against so called conservative crazies. And no, none of we NRA members would show up to support David Koresh, the child rapist, we would have been smarter and got him later, and maybe even solved the "problem" without a trial and collateral damage, unlike the government. You of all people should know this, having age and experience on your side, and maybe even a full year "vacation" in Viet Nam under your belt. This is not politics, but tactics, patience, wisdom, and common sense. Chris