I agree with you. The issue is that the people who have been fighting to keep the second amendment are the ones who are siding with and enabling the government. The pro-second amendment people are the ones who voted for Trump in the first place.

Ok to points 1. and 2.

But where is this Shangri La you speak of?

Same reason they only come out when surrounded by bulletproof glass or in sniper-controlled areas now. They don't want to be individually targeted.

Now it's interesting to imagine what would happen if hundreds of officials were individually targeted, but having a bunch of guns at your house ≠ that. Still the issue of targeted suppression exists, and would be highly effective.

If you burn down a neighborhood, if you shoot an RPG or a drone at a house, none of the guns inside matter, except they make it more lethal as you try to escape. They also make your house more unsafe for kids and yourself (statistically).

Arming yourself up defensively just doesn't do much. If they want you dead, they're gonna do it in a zero-casualty-for-them way. They can do that en masse, they can do that in rural or urban areas. They train for that 24/7. They love that.

Arming yourself offensively, well that's something else. I don't know if that's what's being suggested when this issue comes up though.

Gandhi was non violent and unarmed. But he WAS NOT peaceful. His protests were absolutely poison for the colonial economy and he broke several laws and had stints in prison during his time.

Spoiler, the British cared more about Indians than this administration cares about its citizens.

Im not american but hopefully nobody. Their whole rationality for having guns everywhere all the time is that if everyone has a gun nobody needs a gun.

We, the rest of the world, think its a stupid idea, but if the government is literally killing people in the streets and declaring the murderers as heroes, its not looking so daft.

Simply being prepared for the worst is a plenty fine plan. Just, actually be prepared, don't just buy a gun and expect to know how to use it proficiently when the need arises.

I believe that I can go to the store and purchase a sense of security. Once I own a gun, I can indulge in revolutionary fantasies that aren't complicated by material conditions.

Safety is just another thing we've commoditized. No need to struggle against my own alienation or form coalition with my neighbors.

Yeah, that whole second amendment thing turned out to be the joke we all thought. I've never known a nation to just roll over and take it as much as this bunch. They're pathetic and their overlords obviously know it.

Fun fact! If you've ever been involuntarily committed to like a psychiatric hospital you're barred by Federal law from owning firearms! Some kinds of emergency and temporary holds are okay, but yeah because my wife had technically gotten involuntarily committed years ago before we met because she couldn't make it to the hospital safely for it to be voluntary she can't have them at all and it's unclear if I'd be able to with my own history of mental health issues