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its not all that complicated really. Only a few things stand between life as we know it, and living in Venezuela, to use an example. Laws that prevent the Federal Government from deploying troops in our cities at a whim, and the 2nd Ammendment, which gives us the right to be armed. Take those away, and we are not far removed from living in a third world dictatorship.
As my sig line says,"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Slavery has so frightful an aspect to men accustomed to freedom,that it must steal in upon them by degrees and must disguise itself in a thousand shapes in order to be received.
David Hume,1742"

My point here is that averageAmeicans, so earnestly desiring safety, and protection, seem more than willing to give up the Constitutional restraints against abuse of Federal power, that have to date, kept us a (well kinda) free country.

We have been conditioned to think we live in DisneyWorld. There, everything is perfect, and if there is a problem, you can sue someone.