Reply #140: Since when

[billh58]

did our Constitutional form of government become a separate entity from its people? If you are referring to the Civil War, then we need to first define who gets to determine the level of a "threat so serious that citizens need to take up arms?"

Can you tell me who will make that decision in a democratic society? Will it be the NRA? Or, a white-supremacist group? Or, maybe a State like Texas who attempts to secede from our Federation of States, and declare war on our government?

When, and a very unlikely "if," that time ever comes, an "armed populace" will be the least of our concerns. The very fabric of the world will have been torn, and all bets will be off.

And lastly, how is restricting the "right" to carry a loaded firearm in public giving up a "freedom?"