I've always found this argument hilarious. Like some dipshit with 900 rounds for his Barrett .50cal sniper rifle is actually going to be able to take out the sheer number of people and resources the gummint can throw at any problem like him. Shit. This "guns are the last protection against the government" stance was dumb in the fucking 1980's, with the Michigan Militia, and all the US had was tanks and old crappy fighter jets. Nah. One random unhinged loony with too much time on the Drudge Report, is the only thing guns "enable". Even if you had a force of 1000 redneck dipshits with AR-15s, they are still no match for a single Predator (which is, BTW, seventeen years old). Or the National Guard. Or any branch of the trained military. "My gunz protect me from my gummint" is as non-sensical as the white power movement, or redneck furries. Then you have people like me, who more than anything see gun control as people control. Who see firearms as the final check against the government.