I agree with you, but it dosen't change the fact that it sucks!
However, cops are not 'the government'. They're (mostly) normal people just like you and me. They CAN be reasoned with, usually. If they insist on taking my guns, I'm sure as hell not going to shoot him, even though I think both he and the people telling what to do are wrong as I don't have any intention of going to jail, the gas chamber, or giving the bleeding hearts any more reason to write more gun laws. However, you can sure as hell bet I will raise a shitstorm with the NRA, the media (liberal as they may or may not be), and a good, good lawyer, as I'll be suing the officer personally, the city, the police department, and anyone else I can drag through the mud for raping me of my rights as a decent law abiding citizen (not a subject) and unconstitutionally stripping me of my rightful property. In other words I'd have my revenge....without breaking the law...or at least I'd give it my best.
You know, the government only needs exist to provide three functions.
1. Protect the decent majority from the handful (some may claim there to me more, maybe there is) of scumbags out there. This is where the police, courts, and penal system come in.
2. Organize and manage public works projects, like highways, sewers, and parks.
3. Protect the nation as a whole from threats abroad, weather they be military, economic, etc.
Anything beyond that is not their business, but again, that's just my somewhat useless opnion.
The idea this nation was founded on is that the government wouldn't be looked upon as a seperate, oppressive power. WE are the government, or at least that's the way it's SUPPOSED to be. WE control them because they are our peers. That's the whole reason for the revolution. Will we see the Second Revolutionary War in our lifetime? I sure as hell hope not, but if we wish to have any rights and freedom in the future, it may be inevitable. Of course the majority of the nation would have to grow some nice, big, hairy balls first.