Finally!! Someone with insight finally sees the REAL REASON that the people of the United States are being encouraged to give up their right to own guns. We no longer have a Democracy; we have an Oligarcy. A Democracy is one where the supreme power is vested in the people and is exercised directly by them or their elected agents. Definition of Oligarchy: A form of government in which the power is exercised by or invested in a few; a state so governed; the ruling few or class collectively. ( College Edition New Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, page 1034) In other words, we are governed by a few thousand rich and powerful people who care nothing for us and are seeking to enslave us. They wish to disarm the American People so there can be no grass-roots uprising of the People once they wake up to reality. The 16th amendment of the U. S. Constitution is a good example of the Oligarchy at work. They wanted to tax the income of the American People. They did not get enough votes to pass it, so the Oligarchy lied to the American People and said they did get enough votes. They then rewrote the 16th amendment of the Constitution and taxed the people's income. When the truth became known, the lie was illegally sanctioned by a Supreme Court judge. Today people who refuse to pay income tax on their wages are jailed and their assets taken from them. This would not happen in a Democracy. Keep your guns. Our founding fathers knew you may have need of them. Don't give up your right to bear arms. Giving up your right to own them will never prevent crime and it could cost you your freedom. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!