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I actually don't even know what that amendment is good for. I haven't seen a gun in my life(except on cops) and I've managed to survive, feel safe. How many pistols per citizen are required for US citizens to feel safe, how many 10's of thousands bio/chem,nuclear weapons is required for US to feel safe?

Let's see the question in reverse at what point does weapons become more dangerous than protective for the society?

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The 2nd amendment isn't important because our government is trying to enslave us today. As a matter of fact, I don't know any sane person that thinks that it is. But over a long period of time, maybe several decades or even several centuries, it isn't unreasonable to think that our freedoms may(not will) have eroded to the point where the only thing we have left to cling to is the right to bear arms.

Realistically, if that did happen, we probably couldn't do much. But with things like that, you gotta at least give it a shot.

My problem with gun control stems from the fact that it doesn't appear to work very well.

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