Would better gun control help?

[Jimbone]

I get the reasoning behind the 2^nd amendment, but honestly, anyone believing that the population of a country can defeat a government single-handedly with a few rifles hasn't really paid attention in the past few years.

Just a casual observation, but that has actually happened several times in just the last year or so.

Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and currently going on in Syria. People fought back against their better armed governments with a few rifles.

We all know it's not the few rifles that the defeat any government. It's the movement that is created when people decide to fight back. The rifles probably just help them feel more confident about fighting back. Movements either gain support from the outside and succeed in regime change - or the opposed government crushes the movement because support never materializes.