Comment: George Carlin was stretching

Most people will find that at least some rights, though an "idea" and imperfect safeguard of a natural ("god given") life free of coercion and abuse at the hands of government, are worth defending with arms if necessary. Yes, the idea of rights and limited government is threatened and has been ignored before. All the more reason to be armed should you need to defend yourself and your loved ones. Your cost benefit analysis should take into account that without arms you will have a much more difficult task defending any rights where your cost benefit analysis leans in favor of fighting when all else fails.