What? First of all, I'm not talking about WWII, the forties were a long time ago and there are way more "reasons" to this war than just "the people didn't have guns". It's the 21st century now and you can't expect a country to be safe if its people can just wave a gun at any time and any place. It's dangerous! I don't even understand why it must be explained.
Honestly, just because you own a gun doesn't mean you are going to be able to stop the invaders, there are armies and the police for that. And what invaders anyway? You're proud to say that you're still in your first Republic, very well but maybe it's time to move on.
As for the oppressive governement...Sure, because everyone would take their guns and jump in the streets as soon as totalitarianism would appear. If anything, that makes me laugh. I mean, you did have Bush for 8 years.

As a European, I can only say that this decision is seriously freaking me out. I don't think I could ever go to the USA without feeling completely paranoid that at any moment, someone could just shoot me with a gun that they have the right to have. This is just unconceivable to me, I live in France and we can't do that, does that mean we lack a constitutional right? I don't think so.
And where it's even more ironic is that if I ever wanted to go to the USA, I'd have to fill out a billion form to prove I'm not dangerous and I'm not going to do anything to harm the country but this country lets its citizens the right to kill without any kind of restrictions.
And you're surprised when there's a school shooting? Give me a fucking break.

Good for the fresh fruits but what happened to Custard?

I'm not having this problem, I think that's because of the difference between reading a book and the internet. When you are with a book, you are focused on it but with the internet, you have billions other articles to read if the one you're reading now doesn't hold your attention immediately.