I would like to see sources as well, but the claim seeming to be made is that citizens were murdered by their government, and one of the first signs that you have a psychopath in power is restriction of guns to the elite. Usually establishing gun control by a regime that does not believe in peace, does not bode well for minorities. Just saying.
Wow, I have to disagree with you on that. If a nation's ruler wants gun control, he's not bound to be a psychopath. Otherwise there'd be a lot more havoc in the world. the European Union has pretty tight gun control, and I don't believe that all people in that union are psychopaths.
You didn't read my statement then. I said "restrictions of guns to the elite", not gun control. I also said gun control BY A REGIME THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN PEACE, does that apply to the E.U.? Not really, the E.U. isn't militant. I think the argument is tangential, and I didn't bring it up, but you just didn't seem to be getting the original poster's point: when common people's guns are taken away, historically it is a prelude to slaughter or repression. Slaves in the U.S. weren't allowed to own guns. Historically, you take away one group's ability to defend themselves for a reason, and it's usually by a psychopath. At least read my comments, I'm fine with disagreement, but not with being taken out of context.
The EU has its wars as well, though it's more peaceful than the US.
But what do you call an elite? The military? The police? Because in that case, I can't see much difference with the EU's gun policies. And it works, as long as you live under a democratic regime.
If by elite you meant an ethnic or socioeconomical group, then yes, I have to agree on that. I reacted because Keeping_up_with_da_kids calls that sort of stuff 'gun control'. And of course, that's not what people mean when they use that term.
This example may seem a little blunt, but I think that the US government is way more oppressive than the EU. And the US doesn't have any gun control. 'Gun freedom' is no guarantee for democracy, nor is it necessary.
What's your opinion on gun control?
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I would like to see sources as well, but the claim seeming to be made is that citizens were murdered by their government, and one of the first signs that you have a psychopath in power is restriction of guns to the elite. Usually establishing gun control by a regime that does not believe in peace, does not bode well for minorities. Just saying.
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Wow, I have to disagree with you on that. If a nation's ruler wants gun control, he's not bound to be a psychopath. Otherwise there'd be a lot more havoc in the world. the European Union has pretty tight gun control, and I don't believe that all people in that union are psychopaths.
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You didn't read my statement then. I said "restrictions of guns to the elite", not gun control. I also said gun control BY A REGIME THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN PEACE, does that apply to the E.U.? Not really, the E.U. isn't militant. I think the argument is tangential, and I didn't bring it up, but you just didn't seem to be getting the original poster's point: when common people's guns are taken away, historically it is a prelude to slaughter or repression. Slaves in the U.S. weren't allowed to own guns. Historically, you take away one group's ability to defend themselves for a reason, and it's usually by a psychopath. At least read my comments, I'm fine with disagreement, but not with being taken out of context.
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The EU has its wars as well, though it's more peaceful than the US.
But what do you call an elite? The military? The police? Because in that case, I can't see much difference with the EU's gun policies. And it works, as long as you live under a democratic regime.
If by elite you meant an ethnic or socioeconomical group, then yes, I have to agree on that. I reacted because Keeping_up_with_da_kids calls that sort of stuff 'gun control'. And of course, that's not what people mean when they use that term.
This example may seem a little blunt, but I think that the US government is way more oppressive than the EU. And the US doesn't have any gun control. 'Gun freedom' is no guarantee for democracy, nor is it necessary.