Originally Posted by ZenGum

Hear hear. What we (both US citizens and citizens generally) need isn't the right to firepower - imagine a citizen militia trying to take on the actual US military - but the right to access and disseminate information about the above-mentioned crooks.

Digging through financial records and voting records doesn't capture the imagination like taking your AK-47 out to the range for some target practice. It's dull and boring and lacks the phallic machismo, but it is far more important. What use is a gun if you don't even know who is cheating you?