...wasn't the last resort as intended by the framers. Rather, it was the idea of well-armed and well-regulated (trained) populus that would not hesitate employing the use of those arms in defense of their liberty that was to create sufficient fear by government that it would not become a necessity. What you like to think about the intent of the framers regarding the Right to keep and bear arms and what they made quite evident in their writings do not align very well.

The pen may very well be mightier than the sword in the long run but, that doesn't mean that one shouldn't well trained in the use of both. I don't see it any more honorable to go out in a inky blaze of glory than it would be by going out showering your assailants with an effective gory blaze of hot lead and steel? The capability of doing both is most honorable. There is a time and place for each.

Forgetting government goons for a moment, if an armed intruder broke into your home with the clear intent to do you harm, would rather beg for mercy, threateningly wave a Bic Clic in his face, or pull back the hammer of a Glock?

I think that Alex Jones promotes a seige mentality because in reality we are a nation under seige. To believe otherwise is folly. The seige against us though, is conducted primarily against individuals. Occasionally, the attack is against groups (Seattle, WTO) and has often been their response to a situation they provoked in the first place.

For the most part, those who may be turned off by Alex's warnings are either oblivious sheep, in a deep state of denial, or cower in total fear. It is that fear that "they" capitalize upon. If Alex were creating a bunch of trigger happy basket cases as you say, where is all the news that is hurting our cause of these inspired crazies instigating attacks with their insane ideas and bad guns against the always just and righteous "authorities"?

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"But truthfully, I don't really know. We've had trouble getting a handle on Building No. 7."
~~ Dr. Shyam Sunder - Acting Director Building and Fire Research Laboratory (NIST)