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I know that the primary reason for the right to bear arms is as some kind of protection against tyranny.
My question is, when does the people's right to revolt become valid? When the majority of our citizens become disillusioned with the government? Is there a certain critical mass that must be reached?
What kind of oppression would be required by the government for you guys to think that exercising your 2nd amendment rights would be ok? Does the Patriot Act qualify? Wars on Drugs? Asset forfeiture laws? Obama spying on Americans? Unfair taxation? Gun control? All of those added together? Or only just full blown martial law?
For example, if Trump enacted a police state in order to quell rioters or something, would you be willing to give up your freedoms for more protection (curfews/checkpoints/stop and frisks/etc)? Or would that be an act of treason against 'the people' and taking up arms against the state would be justified? What if, in order to root out Muslims, Trump wanted to send ICE into each and every Americans home to search for them? Would you open your doors?
I guess what I'm asking is if our government is basically free to do what they want, up to a certain point, where is the line drawn in the sand? And how many people need to agree that this line was crossed for people to justifiably revolt?
My question is, when does the people's right to revolt become valid? When the majority of our citizens become disillusioned with the government? Is there a certain critical mass that must be reached?
What kind of oppression would be required by the government for you guys to think that exercising your 2nd amendment rights would be ok? Does the Patriot Act qualify? Wars on Drugs? Asset forfeiture laws? Obama spying on Americans? Unfair taxation? Gun control? All of those added together? Or only just full blown martial law?
For example, if Trump enacted a police state in order to quell rioters or something, would you be willing to give up your freedoms for more protection (curfews/checkpoints/stop and frisks/etc)? Or would that be an act of treason against 'the people' and taking up arms against the state would be justified? What if, in order to root out Muslims, Trump wanted to send ICE into each and every Americans home to search for them? Would you open your doors?
I guess what I'm asking is if our government is basically free to do what they want, up to a certain point, where is the line drawn in the sand? And how many people need to agree that this line was crossed for people to justifiably revolt?