There will always be agents of the government ready and willing to ensure your compliance to whatever laws that are on the books or whatever judgement comes down from the courts. Just ask the folks in the internment camps of WWI and WWII and the people disarmed in the aftermath of Katrina. You'll likely always be out numbered and out gunned.
Is that a reason not to? The founders knew if they lost the revolution that they would be tried for treason and hanged. They pledged their life their land and their fortunes. Knowing all could be forfeit........ Really?