We Already Have to Much Gun Control

Source: How Stuff Works

The purpose of having guns in the first place is security against enemies, both foreign and domestic. I've heard from more than one person that an armed rebellion for the purpose of saving, or restoring a proper constitutional governance would stand no chance against the United States Military. That right there should convince you that we have far to much "gun control" already.

It's a common misconception that being prepared for conflict is to be in favor of it. Nothing could be farther from the truth. No one wants any armed conflict to break out. No one sane anyway. Yet it's pretty obvious our government is flexing it's tyrannical muscle, and that never ends well. History is full of warnings, and dead civilians, from governments deciding they rule and we grovel. Being prepared for such eventualities is no different than preparing for a break in (of your house). You don't want it, but you damn sure are going to be prepared for it.

The best way to go about that is to make sure the government is intimidated by the people, not the other way round. You do that by getting as many good quality high powered arms in the hands of as many citizens as possible, with more than enough ammo for all. If the weapons we are "allowed" to possess are so militarily insufficient that our government doesn't see us as an obstacle to power, then what's to stop them if they decided to go all Mao Zedong on us? And what's to stop another country, say China, from deciding that if they get past our navy, the "endless waves of grain" looks mighty tasty?

Maintaining a well armed populace,  keeps the tyrants at bay, both the elected and invading varieties (a good number of tyrants are elected initially). Plus it irritates the hell out of cowards, which is always a plus.

If we the people have big enough guns, and a big enough vote, then they they government will be more inclined to leave us alone. And that is a successful republic.