> What about gun ownership (oh thats the nerve), its easy to assume things will be better when guns are banned, but what is the actual game theory in the balance of power between a people and their government when the people are stripped of their ability to defend themselves from an oppressive government?

While this has surface appeal, this theory of "gun ownership as bulwark against oppression" falls apart when you examine both how the US still manages to exert power over its populace and how democracies where guns are much harder to get continue to function just fine.