Answer: overthrowing the government is not on our minds. Just hearing that sounds genuinely insane. Seriously, is that something Americans think about? This perplexes me.

The "right to bear arms" part of the US constitution is as out of date as the right to slavery. It was written in there in pioneer times during the wild wild west, when there was danger all around and not much government. To Canadians it is bewildering--and also hilarious and sad--that this has remained. It's an obsolete law, just like owning a dildo in Arkensas can technically send you to a prison.