How about turning the soap box over to these past presidents for a quote:
"When the people fear their government there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." – Thomas Jefferson
“The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed, which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.†– James Madison
“Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.†– George Washington
Now, who are you going to believe?