The first words out of mouths of the talking heads on the media and our government leaders is that there is never any excuse for resorting to violence. Are you kidding me? In the Declaration of Independence the founders of our nation implied that resorting to violence becomes necessary when governments become totalitarian authoritarian oppressors of the people.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.