A strong executive devoted to the National interest is crucial in times like these.
You are dreaming if you believe there is any likelihood of an armed revolt against the federal govenment. It will never happen. We could not even get a majority of the popular vote for Bush a far better man than Al Gore and had just elected perhaps the worst character ever to inhabit the White House.
Unfortunately the RAT agenda reflects the desires of probably a majority of the electorate. And some on this thread are willing to assist its implementation out of their pique with Bush.
I didn't say that I thought it likely that there will be an armed revolt; I said that there is "always the unpredictable". The 2nd was, is, and always has been about at least guaranteeing that the means to remove a dictatorial regime was kept in the hands of the people. The Founders were acutely aware of their own long and miserable European history. They saw and more importantly they understood the decrepit human conditions that existed in any type of tyranny, especially the tyranny of monarchy. They also were acutley aware that the difference between free men and subjects was the former had access to arms and the latter did not.
The lesson from history since the Founding of the nation, especially the last century, has only demonstrated how right they were. Therefore, I view any attempt to remove arms from the possession of the lawabiding as a prerequisite to tyranny, and I see those who are constantly about this 'devil's work' as enemies of freedom. An armed citzenry is essential to liberty.