Surrendering POW's are routinely summarily disarmed.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, quite likely during the planning stages for the attack on Pearl Harbor, advised the other members of Japan's Imperial General Staff that they could not hope to succesfully invade America "Because they would be met by a rifle behind every blade of grass" How's your Japanese? You can thank the 'Greatest Generation' and its determination to remain independent and free that you only had to struggle with English Grammar and Literature during your school years.
Barack Obama is counting on your no longer wanting to remain independent and free like your predecessors, but now seek only a benevolent master instead.