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The first thing authoritarian governments do is take away citizens’ weapons. It doesn’t mean that disarmament means that the government means to turn authorita
by efitz 3y ago
The first thing authoritarian governments do is take away citizens’ weapons.
It doesn’t mean that disarmament means that the government means to turn authoritarian, but in the last century, we have yet to see a case where it didn’t.
- mjbeswick 3y agoYou can own guns in the UK, but few people do as there is no need. There is a shooting range no far from me, but it's simply not poplar here. I guess that why the US has approximately 160 times the gun death rate of the UK!
- _dain_ 3y ago>there is no need I'll be the judge of that, not you.
- dukeyukey 3y agoTo be fair it's not difficult to get a firearms licence in the UK. That people (generally) don't show there are very few people who care about it enough to go through the faff to get one.
- growse 3y agoNope. You want to live in a society, then you abide by that society's collectively decided rules. You're not the only one impacted by your decisions.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoPeople think that guns give them protection, or power, but in reality they mostly increase your chances of getting shot. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/07/guns-handguns-safety-homicide-killing-study https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/07/guns-handgun...
- BobaFloutist 3y agoIt's too bad it's between you and them, you'd really think the general voting population of the UK would get a say.