Originally Posted by Ghost

We dont live at the whim of our leaders, we have something called the house of lords and a queen.
The queen has control of the armed forces and can order them to dissolve the government.
On top of that we have the house of lords.
For new bills to become law they have to pass through the house of lords as well, which is made up of the nobility of the UK.
This keeps the government in check.
Its called being civilized and not having to carry guns incase you get a bad set of politicians.
We didnt make through the last 1000 years on whims.