You've got a government that spies on citizens without a warrant., denies due process of the law to people accused of 'terrorist acts', tortures prisoners in its custody, engaged in the practice of extraordinary rendition, has asserted a right to detain suspect indefinitely without a trial, try people in court using secret evidence, denying people Habeas Corpus. Violates every amendment of the Bill of Rights with impunity.
and yet it is the handful of people who have showed up at protests armed with a gun that is a danger to democracy?