> Do you solve all your problems by shooting people? All power on earth emanates from the barrel of a gun. We abstract that fact away in modern polite society,

> Do you solve all your problems by shooting people? All power on earth emanates from the barrel of a gun. We abstract that fact away in modern polite society, but it is the base level truth of our existence. So yes, when it comes down to it, governments can, will, (and have) used guns to solve this.