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I've revised the page so that it contains a very brief and hopefully not too controversial statement of the debate. As the sections get filled in, we'll have to watch them carefully for bias.
I'm not sure about the title [/Balance of Power] for that page. The page is supposed to discuss the role of privately owned guns in aiding people in (for better or worse) fighting against an existing government. Such a page should cover the widely held view among the "Founding Fathers" of the United States that widespread ownership of guns was important for the maintenance of a good government, as well as covering the widely held modern view that rebels with guns are a bad thing.
Anyhow, I'm not sure what to call that page.
Libdemplus here, first please forgive me if I'm not correctly following the editing protocols, I have just found wikipedia, I know I have much to learn.
Your title "Balance of Power" is, in my opinion, exactly the correct idea and the most educational point of view I can imagine fo dealing with the issue as you have described it. I assume you will include sections relating to world-wide and historical events that will provide context for both the Founders views back then as well as modern consequences of various experiments in gun related laws in various nations?
Everyone should remember those wise words: "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely."
What do you suppose happens when any government manages to find itself in a situation where it has the absolute monopoly on power within it's own borders?