We live in a free society, a society that has a constitution and in one of the bills states you have the rights to bear ARM's. Politicians whether from the left or the right have no concept of what it is like to be a law enforcement officer, federal agent or a combat soldier. These same bureucrats are the ones that use these agents of peace for their own little political gains. So in fact when these agents are used in a matter that is unfit to the public, it is not the politicians that take the blame, it is the soldier on the ground that gets blamed for his decision. Also keep in mind that we live in a society that's ever-growing violent and is not slowing down. So Mr.Bovard until I see you patroling the streets of East LA or downtown Baghdad, shut the fuck up.