Is there a naive view of things what makes governments pursue the civil disarment? Or is another form of social engineering? I believe the ideal of the monopoly of the force in the State hands is one of the worst forms of tyranny. Governments so willing to conform the Chart of Human rights deny their citizens the simple and basic right to live...
Down here in Argentina things are going worse everyday. In a country shaped almost the same way the US was, where the gun was part of the conquest of vast, empty spaces... now the civil disarment (the way was done in UK) is in the government aims, while crime is skyrocketing, and murder, rapes, and kidnapping are common words in everyday news.
Well... if this State dos not respect private property, what can we expect about private lives.
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