Rural people need to tell them to screw off, and march on the capitol with guns.
Nah. I'm too tired to march. Besides, our modern mandarins do not take heed of our marches. (Remember the Sept. '09 march on D.C. by almost 2 million in protest of OwebamaCare, the march where Owebama bugged out of D.C. to Ohio [?]? Worked out real well for us, doncha think?) Just shoot the bastards; they've had their fair share of warnings.
Shoot one, they won't care. Shoot a couple of dozen, and they'll run and hide. Shoot a couple of hundred, and they might get the message. If they don't, oh well. Thank you Tom, George, James, et.al., for our 2nd Amendment right. Our mandarins ignore the 2nd Amendment at their peril. I have to say, though, I give a shyt about their peril like they give a shyt about my opinions, which is to say, not at all.