In my opinion, it is not about overthrowing the government, it is about a right to self-defense. Not just from the government, but also from your average crimin

In my opinion, it is not about overthrowing the government, it is about a right to self-defense. Not just from the government, but also from your average criminal. It's true that a citizen or even a group of citizens is no match for the military. But the difference is between citizens being able to try defending themselves, and being completely defenseless. It is the difference between soldiers being ordered to fire their own citizens, and the citizens being defenseless. It is the difference between individuals who swore to defend their countrymen having to reconcile killing them in battle. It is the difference between a confidence that you can do something and a feeling that you can be easily intimidated. China, Russia, Iraq, Germany, in all of these places the general population was disarmed as one of the first steps towards totalitarianism. It is not a coincidence.