Strange, I didn't read anything about the NRA, which you apparently know nothing about. The NRA promotes the safe individual use of firearms, not lawlessness and recklessness. And it fiercely defends one of our civil rights. It's interesting that those on the left would willingly surrender some of our civil rights, while others on the right would surrender others. It appears that you would be willing to carve out some First Amendment protections. I expect that a dictator, from either the right or left, would be just fine with that.

The American voters, for better or worse, elected Mr. Trump freely. I believe that many of his cabinet picks are ill-advised and don't bode well for us. But we bestowed that responsibility upon him, and we'll have to live with it for another four years. Maybe we'll learn from the experience, although I'm not optimistic.

Be careful what you wish for. If Mr. Trump does indeed turn his administration into a dictatorship, you may just need the NRA.