You're missing the point. The libertarian stand isn't so much 'anti-gun-control' as it is 'pro-freedom' and 'pro-personal-responsibility'. Why do people completely misunderstand these concepts? The biggest problem with your post is the attitude that protecting people from 'Timmy' is more important than protecting liberty. There will always be a 'Timmy' no matter what rights you suppress or however many 'dangerous' items you ban. Will there always be liberty?

Also, while I disagree with their cause, the terrorists we're currently fighting in Iraq are proof positive that an armed population does have a chance against the military. Shit.. The sheer existence of America at all is proof positive... Your pessimism in regard to the escape from government oppression is exactly the reason it has been able to happen.

You cannot legislate natural selection.