What does a law abiding citizen need with an assault weapon??

[linuxman]

120. I wouldn't be sure about that.

We've had a solid 8 years of a liberal administration that only seemed interested in beefing up the Patriot act, reinforcing the police state and further curtailing individuals. Authoritarian regimes are equal opportunity, and this administration has shiwn authortarian statusm to be a partyless trend in our politics. I've seen a few documentaries on militia types. They seem to take issue with the government period, not right or left. At any rate, citizens aren't going to see tanks crushing the bricks of mainstreet and drones blowing up a trailer park and say "you know what? I support this! Where do I enlist? " Americans as a whole value life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and personal wellbeing. It's harder to cow that sort of people than a society where brutality, violence, and total subjugation is the norm, and it doesn't work well in those places either.