Doug Miller wrote:
In article , Bob Martin wrote:
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And you really think guns would make a difference?

They sure made a hell of a difference for us in 1776.

Did the Germans who tore down the Berlin Wall have guns?

At the point that the wall came down, the government had abandoned even the
pretense of forcefully suppressing dissent. Prior to that, when the government
*was* still doing so, the subjects were of course unable to do anything about
it, being disarmed.


Uh, back when the "Evil Empire" was still intact it was pointed out
many
times that Soviet Citizens were allowed to own rifles and shotguns,
ostensibly for hunting. I dunno if there was a limit on ammunition and
I suppose that handguns were restricted, but they were not 'disarmed'.

Dunno about East Germany.

Oh, and has been also noted, AK-47s or (more likely) the Chinese
knock-offs
were quite popular and legal among Iraqi civilians under Saddam
Hussein.

I'll agree that an armed populace can be quite helpful as far as
overthrowing
a dictator, or preventing an overthrow of a legitimate government, but
it
is plainly not sufficient.

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FF