I just wanted it on record in case there were any government types lurking around. I agree Americans wouldn't accept it: at least a bunch wouldn't.

It's scary because in this country everyone has guns so if we start down that road who knows where it will end up. I'd like to think we were past that kind of short sighted thinking, but recent events in Berkley and other places suggest some Americans are prepared to enforce their ideas through violence. I think we're lucky it's mostly progressives right now because they're generally against private gun ownership, but when the rednecks decide they've had enough things could get ugly.

I don't think a coup is the most likely scenario, though. If I had to bet on anything, I'd bet on totalitarianism.