Should assault rifles be banned in the US?

[August]

Originally Posted by Sammi79

Is there any real risk of your government becoming tyrannous?

Some would say it already is in some ways. But be that as it may in general any government has the potential to turn tyrant. After all they hold the keys to power and as we all know power corrupts. History is filled with examples of it so why should we be any different?

The point of RKBA is that armed people are slaves to no one. The means to resist puts a price upon tyranny that so far, 200 some odd years now, has been too high for a would be tyrant to pay.

That's why I know that in 4 years President Obama will turn over the keys to power to whoever the American people elects to replace him just as I knew that President Bush would obey the will of the people in relinquishing power to Obama back in 2008, the same for every other elected position in government, because the price is too high for them to pull off doing otherwise and they know it. It's how our system endures.

Taking away the means to resist dramatically lowers that price. That's what I think of when I hear folks talk about gun bans.