Why "a free state" as opposed to "the state"?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

30. "How likely is a tyranny to break out?"

Judging from many of the Controllers who post here that regularly express willingness to see gun owners assaulted, brutalized and even killed en masse by the government coupled with the Controllers' repeated contempt for freedom of speech, freedom of association, private property rights, due process, etc.

And don't try to pretend it ain't happening because we can show you the violent ideations of the Controllers.

The only thing keeping the Controllers relegated to their internet rants is the fact they appear unwilling to engage in the violence required to disarm the populace. In other words, an armed populace seems to be as much a deterrent as they are a guarantee but God forbid there ever come a day when the Controllers feel sufficiently emboldened to roll the dice.