Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.
The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.