Unfortunately that mythos often translates into policy note the ridiculous notion held by a great deal of Americans that they need to have handguns in case the US government " gets too big for its britches, " when it is clear that a few yokels with 9mm pistols would not have a snowball's chance in hell to overthrow a totalitarian state, and the US government has no fear of internal revolution no matter what . )-- talk ) 16 : 36, 12 July 2008 ( UTC)