User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Digital Protest Against the FISA Improvements Act/@comment-4185015-20140205002910/@comment-1142365-20140205124948

Again, whether or not they are actually "shutting down websites whenever they want" is irrelevant. Mass surveillance gives them to opportunity to do this should they ever want to in the future. If we go back to your gun analogy, would you be comfortable with someone aiming a loaded gun at you but going "Don't worry, I won't shoot you"?