It is not a slipperly slope.
What you will find is that different cultures have different rules.
People grow up with those rules and hold them dearly. They are abritrary though. There is no rhyme or reason to them.
The US doesn't have more freedoms than most western nations, just a different set of rules.
It is quite clear that 'rising up agains the government' is not going to happen with or without assault rifles. There's drones flying above your 'free' cities for heavens sake.
It's like taking a pea shooter to a gun fight. If you want the ability to rise up, you'd better be getting something in a lot heavier than a machine gun.
Still - if it helps you sleep at night.
Why do you insist on telling us "it wont happen"?
And you act like our military is just going to smile and do whatever the politicians tell them.
They wont.
And yes, we would be able to do it, and it wouldnt be like taking a pea shooter to a gunfight.
Our government should fear its citizens, and that fear is what should keep them from going overboard. Its clearly not going to be there morals - its pretty obvious most of our politicians have none.
I dont know where youre going with this defeatists attitude, its like youre telling us "You cant beat them so why bother caring?", which is stupid and wrong.
Its like you have no idea what our citizens, our government, and our military are about or capable of.