When people have a right to own something, they can use that item for recreation. Not being able to shoot our firearms for recreation would be like the UK government telling you guys that you can ONLY use your car to go to/from school/work, you can't drive it to buy stuff, you can't go to track days, only use it when it is needed. That's the beauty of the 2nd amendment. We have a right to collect, shoot(responsibly), trade, and use it as a hobby. And those machine guns in that video aren't owned by the people firing them. Usually they are companies that offer a "machine gun shoot" day where you pay, and you and your friends/coworkers to go shoot. And having this right makes the government think twice about overstepping it's authority.
You guys keep using stupid examples that are way too damn extreme. It has nothing to do with what we are talking about. Does spilling beer endanger your family? Does spilling beer breach your sense of privacy/security? Is spilling beer illegal? And spilling beer 90% of the time is an accident, unlike breaking and entering.
I completely agree with Becky and JJ72 as well. If somebody breaks into my house, his decision of either being "safe", or in "danger" was made when he stepped through my door/window. Even if he's retreating, it's my duty to get payback. Even if you can immobilize him until law enforcement arrives. I honestly can't understand why you believe that the burgler/mugger has a right to yell "uncle" and suddenly be safe to retreat without getting payback. Some people.
You have to understand, the men and women in the military have morals and values also. Say for instance, the CIC(being hypothetical, I'm not bashing Obama...) orders the Marines to go invade Hawaii, or Florida, or some other state to oppress the civilians, and make mass arrests or executions. Many of them would be like "f*ck that" I have family/friends that live in this area, and would either go AWOL, or rise up. This is especially true if the commander of the certain unit that gets deployed, is highly against this idea. Most soldiers look up to their superiors, and if they see that their CO wants to do the moral thing, then they would most likely follow. If he betrays their trust and decides to do the immoral thing, they would not follow.
Where the hell did conservatives come into this conversation? We are stating that the military would not back the government if they start becoming too intrusive. Seems like you just keep trying to take swings at America because we are lenient on our right to bear arms.
When the orders are extreme, one would most likely question that order. And seeing as our government is currently left-wing controlled, yes I think they would.
Who ever said that we are gun obsessed? We just express our rights as Americans. You can't tell anybody that they wouldn't use a firearm to defend their family from intruders, that's complete bullshit. And living in a bad neighborhood has nothing to do with it, it could happen anywhere. I happen to live in a good neighborhood, and our neighbors truck got broken into. It happens everywhere.
And at least some of those gunship pilots would side against the government, if a government goes too far, even the military wouldn't follow them.