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Something curious is happening in America lately. A resistance movement seems to be forming. Not in the streets, but in the courthouses.

How do we defend ourselves from a tyrant? And who will do the hard work if it comes to that? My gun-loving friends will tell you that’s what the 2nd Amendment is for.

There have been a lot of weapons sold in this country on what I’ll call the Red Dawn fantasy — the notion that the Great-great-grandsons of Liberty will defend us with their deer rifles. Don’t count on it. The government always keeps the best weapons for itself.

Neither will my old favorite, the First Amendment, protect us.

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