[marssaxman]

> the issue is that the state has to have a monopoly on violence

That is not the case in the USA, where the absence of such a monopoly is written into the federal constitution.

[baursak]

Are you talking about 2nd amendment? If so, that's not a grant to violence by any means. If you want to test if the state really has a monopoly on violence, try being violent, or simply disobedient with an officer of the state.