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Originally Posted by timalkin
I get the feeling that the left is just scared of firearms.
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I think what goes unspoken is the fact that non-democratic governments historically have this strange tendency to 'permanently silence' their critics, dissidents, minorities and other defenseless rabble to the tune of 55 or so million people in the 20th century alone. To these governments, gun control meant just that - no guns for you, all the guns for us. Best I can tell it is garden variety fear...fear of what is misunderstood...fear of The Other Who Has Stuff That Makes Loud Noises.