Accept no substitutes  

Am I the only person who's considering buying an AK-47 on Monday? The assault weapons ban is about to go out of effect, and the arguments for letting it expire seem to consist entirely of claims that the ban is ineffective. But doesn't this argument signal an abdication of government responsibility for citizen safety? That's precisely the point heavy artillery activists are making: that we need to be able to defend ourselves. And they're right: the government's failure to protect us from these weapons is the surest sign that we need them for protection. It's hard not to see that logic!

And then there's this bit:

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.