> not enough firearms or firepower for civilians to actually have any remotely likely potential of defeating a tyrannical US military (or even police force). T

> not enough firearms or firepower for civilians to actually have any remotely likely potential of defeating a tyrannical US military (or even police force). This is exactly right. Government is not interested in protecting the rights of it's citizens, especially a right to that would be in direct conflict with the government's own interests. Individuals with guns pose little threat to the power of a government heavily armed with powerful military weapons and armored vehicles. Of course, the second amendment was written in a time when none of that existed yet.