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I have never really understood why some people so fervently relate firearms to democracy. Could somebody perhaps explain it?
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It's the other way around, it's the lack of firearms that is related to totalitarism. Maybe the best quote would be from Ghandi himself, from the book "The Story of My Experiments With Truth" page 372:
"Between many wrong things the British done during their domination in India, history will point the act of forbidding an entire nation the access to arms as the worst." |
I don't see a correlation between
lack of arms and totalitarian regimes. Now, the
banning of arms can be seen as symptomatic, but not necessarily. In Norway, we have limited rights to own firearms. Many own shotguns, hunting rifles and such, but very few own handguns and such. We do not automatically have the right to obtain firearms, but what we do have is a right to obtain a license. Certain people may not be eligible for a weapon's license, though. But even if illegal firearms can be come by relatively easily with the right contacts, people don't own firearms unless they hunt, collect, have fun on the range or planning a robbery or something. I don't know anyone in Norway who feels the need to own weapons of any kind for safety reasons. Why, the police aren't usually armed, either.