This is the kind of thing that the book "More Guns, Less Crime" spells out clearly: when governments infringe on the individual right to keep and bear arms, they make it much easier for those intent on violence to carry out their plans.

Notice how this article from the statist NYT stresses how strange it is that the POLICE don't have firearms at the ready, while overlooking the fact that if any of the CIVILIANS had firearms, as they have a RIGHT to do, there would have been an even greater deterrent against attack. Isn't it amazing how statists seem to only see functions of their pet, gubment, as those to which people can turn? They completely overlook individuals themselves.

It is consistent with their economic perspective as well. "Only the state can do the job. We don't even let any other possibility enter our minds..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/world/europe/26police.html?_r=2&partne...

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