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"If there was enough dissent against the war on drugs and people armed, it would end. We have the guns, we just don't have the dissent. That's something that a lot of the pro-gun people here seem to be overlooking. Gun rights are useless for protecting all other rights if you don't have the will to do so."
Don't you understand the significance of this? It means that the fact that our populace is armed to the teeth would prevent the government from doing something TOO irritating to the general population. This is a very, VERY good effect.
"After all, America is probably the most pro-gun country in the world and yet we seem to be continually losing civil liberties."
Right, but you forget a few things. First of all, the right to keep and bear arms is a civil liberty. Secondly, as mentioned before, civil liberty loss will only continue as long as it is -allowed- by the gun owners and general population. As mentioned before, the guns are a last resort that ensure the govt won't do anything -=too=- ridiculous. It means that they have to keep a reasonable number of the population happy, or else.
"An armed populace ensures protection against tyranny, but it does not ensure protection of liberty."
Exactly, and this is precisely why the 2nd amendment is so important.