[jujumantb]

The right to have a gun in the US is not about defending ourselves, it is about being able to overthrow the government if they begin to not represent us how they should. Our founding fathers would not like how the situation has turned out though. According to them, we all should all be able to own an m1 abrams and automatic weapons. Most of the country has forgotten about this. We have been lucky enough to have a very stable government for the past 200 years, some countries go through a government every few months (italy I believe is one), France has had their share of them also. In this day and age, we will probly never be able to topple the gov if it gets out of hand, and that is a scary thought.