Outstanding Jonascord! I'll drink to that later today.
Because politicians can and WILL disarm us all.
They have already claimed large parts of our income in a variety of taxes.
They indoctrinate and condition legions of children to be docile and submissive gorvment subjects.
They open our borders to the underclass of the world seeking potential votes.
All of this thanks to Politics.
Wasn't it John Adams that said:
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.
Because you can make a difference? Naaah.
My wife and I watch the state legislature on several issues. We write legislators in support or against bills (providing arguments as to why they are wrong). We've killed quite a number of bad bills -- once we persuaded the author to kill his own bill in his own committee. We put in the work, lots of folks benefit.