Sure do like that second amendment

Venezuela's Disarmament Law Has Made Its People the Defenseless Sport of Tyrants - The Lid

Any state where the government is the sole owner and bearer of weaponry is, by definition, a police state. Venezuela is a prime example.

I have no recollection who, but someone once said the government of the U. S. should be more afraid of her citizens than the citizens are of the government. I like that idea.