A genuine question: isn't armed population one of the main obstacles of autocratic regimes? If it is, then mass shootings is the lesser evil compared to, say,

A genuine question: isn't armed population one of the main obstacles of autocratic regimes? If it is, then mass shootings is the lesser evil compared to, say, Russia, where a handful of armed psychopaths can commit war crimes on a global scale and quickly take down any internal opposition.