"A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.- George Washington.. The first amendment without the second amendment is useless, if A group of people (Government) try to take away your freedom of speech what are you going to do about it. Are you going to going to just let them do it, are you then going to let them dictate your life. Just because this is America doesn't mean since it happened in German,Russia,France,China and etc doesn't mean it wont happen here....