law enforcement and soldiers are employed by those said government officials.
"The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
-Thomas Jefferson
"When government takes away citizens' right to bear arms it becomes citizens' duty to take away government's right to govern."
-George Washington
The government is for the people, by the people, and put in check by the people. The government will help the government. The people will save their country.
Government is naturally evil and wants total control, but it's still better than no government at all.
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”
-Thomas Paine
(and yes, you don't need to look like a commando, but it still looks kinda cool)