I don't really understand how come, in the lawsuit-happy US, there isn't a class action lawsuit in place already to sue the government for the damage caused by this sort of error.
That bill was passed after the b-25 crash on the empire state building in 1945 to allow for exceptions to soverign immunity in only very specific and sometimes hard to define cases. In 1947 there was the texas city disaster where 581 people died. The largest industrial accident in us history. Under the FTCA legislation the case was taken all the way to the supreme court where they ruled the government wasn't liable for claims of damages.
Pretty sure that's why they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
(Not saying you should go shoot up the government whenever you have a minor disagreement, but the only reason why guns are legal at all these days is because the Framers thought that this would help keep the government honest. Not sure that this actually works in real life though.)
If you're fuzzy on this allow me to provide clarification. A truckload of assault weapons, bunker full of food and a couple of dozen like-minded compatriots are a hand-written invitation to get raided by the Feds. It's not possible for a citizen or group of citizens to arm themselves sufficiently to provide any kind of real check on the government.
