Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Explains the Second Amendment

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10. You might want to rethink that

The entire gun lobby honestly believes they can and do have the Constitutional right to overthrow the government. THEY DON'T. That's called TREASON. That IS in the Constitution.

Apparently the right to overthrow a tyrannical government is very much a founding principle of this country

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Many people thought Bush was going to seize power at the end of his term. Had he done so would it have been treason for the general populace to oust him by force ?