Government Tyranny Over a Well Armed Public

WE THE PEOPLE of the U.S. of Amnesia have bee given a reprieve, of sorts. Big brother has taken a baby step back, has gotten, as they say, out of our face, slightly. The "Freedom Act" has taken effect, and although it does not free us from government scrutiny, it dials back the Patriot Act, albeit minimally, by requiring the feds to get a court order before stealing our privacy straight out of our smart phones. Of course, the court order will be only a rubber stamp, granted on every occasion without question, and nothing will really change, and we will still be living in an Orwellian world. Since the coming down of the Trade Center on nine eleven the American people have armed themselves to the teeth with privately owned handguns, as state after state has sanctioned a well regulated militia, and the government, meanwhile, has encroached into our lives in a way which would have shocked Orwell, Huxley, and every other paranoid science fiction writer who ever wrote dystopian futuristic novels. What's wrong with this picture? Wasn't a well armed citizenry supposed to prevent government tyranny, or some such right wing gibberish? Where are all the second amendment militia types now that we need them, putting the federal government back in its rightful, limited place? Probably sitting on their fat butts, weapons at their sides, bitching about liberalism, as usual. And while we're at it, let's clear something up. If the feds ever decide to disarm us, nobody but nobody in freedom's land will hold his precious firearm in his cold, dead hand, having valiantly resisted tyranny unto death. Oh no. That's all just big talk. What all the gun owners will do is quite simple; they will meekly, mildly, immediately comply in full, and hand over all weapons without the least whimper. Happily married politically conservative father of two, member of local church and G.O.P., defender of beloved second amendment, dies resisting federal agents on his doorstep. Yeah, right. I'll believe it when I see it.