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Originally Posted by Kissaki
I never criticized the results of your election, TteFAboB. Quite the contrary, I said that the banning of firearms is indeed one of the symptoms of a totalitarian regime, but I just added that there is a distinction between a firearms ban and a general lack of firearms. We're not that big on firearms in Norway, but that doesn't suggest we're a totalitarian regime, or anything. My point was that the lack of firearms isn't necessarily bad.
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You are absolutely correct, there's much more to the equation than a simple formula: Lack of firearms -> Totalitarism. For example, in Japan since the 16th century firearms are restricted to civilians except for hunters and it is a pretty unarmed country, Switzerland is far more armed than Japan, both countries are rather far from totalitarian states. Many other factors must be considered to trace a real pattern.