Paul is not paranoid, and neither am I. The purpose of the article was not to save the world, but only to point out what has not worked. (My opinion is there are too many untreated mental cases out there. Do "something" about that.) The trouble is that the government will never stop at the point where you want it. The end is still to make us all disarmed slaves. Today the mantra word is "reasonable," where the gun-grabbers decide what is reasonable.