Not sure if stricter American gun laws would be much help when the group responsible for the most shooting deaths by a mile, wears a badge.
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When cops who murder people get a slap on the wrist, the public has comparatively little to fear from domestic terrorists & jealous spouses
Does any single discernible organization (not ethnic group, lol) rank higher in pops pr. year?
I realized that, yeah. Differently put: if you put up more restrictive gun laws in a police state, does it make things better for citizens?
1) yes, unequivocally if you're not white, partly still if you are 2) look at contemporary examples in e.g. SEA, Turkey, Russia...
The more impunity you give the cops (confiscating guns is, in pragmatic terms, extending further impunity), the more lethal they become.
I am not arguing for armed resistance. I'm arguing that cops having nothing to fear from citizen or law will only increase their impunity.
All those guys shouting "GUN!" aren't always faking it... they're undertrained and taught to use lethal force; they're not all sociopaths.
Sergeant tells you to round up everyone in the hood. Half of 'em are armed and know how to use a gun (albeit some badly). Do you proceed?
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In a society like the US, credible threat of lethal force is one key boundary between despotism and lethal policing by itself.
It's near-universal in the West, mixed bag elsewhere. It's called a monopoly on force for a reason. But individuals matter, too.