Robin2:
...defend themselves from "officialdom" when it abuses its position...
We crossed that bridge with the financial crisis. The financial industry nearly cratered the world economy. The U.S. government was complicit at every point. Most of the members of congress who were involved are still getting a paycheck from the taxpayer. While we may possess the ability to rise up against our oppressors (lots and lots of guns) it is painfully obvious we have no idea when that should happen (can't even vote out those oppressing us). The people who hoard guns have imagined this dressed-in-black-boogeyman that comes for them in the night all the while the smiling bible toting NRA parrot at the front door is destroying their lives.