Yeah , I used to think this way too am american . Until some one pointed out the obvious . a gun isn ' t going to protect you from what the US has these days that people can ' t have . If you truly needed revolution in the US , the most effectivehopeful way is to get the military to turn against the government . An armed populace with guns against the military and its toys including way better guns is still pretty hopeless . That being said , I ' m still against banning them cause it is people ' s hobby . I just want some restrictions like a license you have to prove you know how to safely use one to get and some decent background checks some one said we have those already . I confess I ' m ignorant to that as I don ' t really care for guns myself . I ' d have to know more whether to decide on if what we have is enough already .