Say, hypothetically, that the appearance of people with guns outside of those town halls caused enough outrage to encourage new gun control legislation.  Someone proposes it, it gets passed and signed into law.  As a result, what Chris & William did is now illegal.  Handguns are pretty much banned, & public display of rifles is banned.

Here's the question: why would people like that actually comply with such a ban?

Seriously, where's their incentive to not defy the law?  Wouldn't the result just be that they have firearms but people who disagree with them don't?  Suppose some of their fellow travelers come unglued, doesn't that make it easier for them to potentially kill people?

This is one reason among many that I favor an armed Left.  Another reason would be the frequency with which cops abuse their power (click here & scroll for some examples), and my resulting skepticism of the idea that the police deserve to be trusted with firearms more than anyone else.

Thoughts welcome...