jesus christ, i'd sooner put up with the possibility of increased violent crime rates and retain my freedom to defend myself than to live under a benevolent dictator
putting aside the fact that the way O'Rourke's manner of speech is like that of a lord to his serf, not a representative to a fellow citizen. asshole shouldn't play victim
iirc one of the first decrees made by the Qin Empire in China was to seize privately-owned weapons-- that and burn 'dangerous' books and murder scholars.
@UnScottable I'm sure its been the aspiration of some democrats all along. I don't think there's much of a conspiracy involved so much as a gradual shift in views overall as more and more legislation is passed, and this kind of thinking is more and more accepted by an unconscious consensus.
