That they are perfectly united in opinion and determined to pursue the most effectual measures, and to use the whole force of the Kingdom, if it be found necessary, to reduce the rebellious and refractory provinces and colonies.
And we know how their inflexible arrogance worked out. Isn't it revealing how the willingness of tyrants to desist and negotiate increases based on the amount of force a rival is capable of fielding?
That's why, when the Second Amendment is working properly, the incentive for abusers to behave themselves likewise increases, with the seemingly paradoxical (but only on the surface)result of a more peaceable society. The deterrent effect reduces the likelihood of physical conflict just as surely as it gives an individual predator pause to reconsider.
Those working to weaken such protections should also give pause, and consider the results they get may not be the ones they set out to achieve.