Oh really? Why don't you ask Randy Weaver about this guy?
Oh, wait, you can't, he's dead.
And I'm sure these nice fellas in Waco were "just following orders" as well.
You see, the point your missing is, like it or not civilian possession of arms is the ONLY thing that keeps us free from complete tyranny.
Believe what you want, but don't tell me what *I* need, it's not up to you nor should it be anyone else.
Mahan talked about the concept of a 'fleet in being' in his book The Influence of Seapower Upon History. Super simplified it means the fact that a fleet exists is a deterrence on agression by another nation. In the same way an armed populace is a deterrence on tyranny. Goes along with 'good fences make good neoghbors'.