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Originally Posted by Daniel_
The last time the UK enslaved anyone, was many many years ago (if you count formal slavery), and I'm pretty sure that we made slavery illegal before the US.
In the main, countries taken over in less enlightened times have been given back to the indigenous peoples. Nowadays they seem to quite like us - after all the vast majority of them are in the commonwealth.
The unarmed nature of the UK does not lead to tyranny as an earlier poster mentioned. Any government can only rule by the consent of the people.
An armed populace doesn't keep them free - it leads to the local tyranny of the strong and ruthless. The US is not the shining beacon proving that freedom comes from a heavily armed populace; it is the exception that proves the rule "armed populations are unstable and violent".
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Unarmed populations are as well. Criminals will ALWAYS find guns (it isn't like they are going to be obeying the law), and when the general populace becomes unarmed, then the criminals can go around with impunity.
When you are unable to defend yourself, whether it be from the government or from the criminal breaking into your home, you lose all power.
As for this situation, I hope this guy gets the worst penalty he can, since he obviously didn't want to make the effort to keep his gun in a truely safe place.