And here I thought it was an educated population who cared and held their representatives accountable to some kind of moral/ethical standard, and concepts like "rule of law".

I supposed guns could be used to do that, but they really seem an inferior tool.

Hum... How do you propose people hold their representatives accountable after elections are made dysfunctional (or stop entirely)?

And that's a honest question. I don't think even guns are an answer to that. I don't know anything that works.