They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
--Benjamin Franklin
Traditionally used to defend the Second Amendment, these days Franklin's quote seems to apply just as well to the First Amendment and 4th Amendment. (See: DCMA, munition, DeCSS, PGP, infrared scanning and Kyllo vs. United States, etc.)
Although I was raised to believe that guns are evil, I am beginning to think otherwise, particularly in light of the analogy between software munitions and actual munitions. I wonder if the NRA would be willing to help out the EFF. It would certainly make the news...