the good ol' "keeping peace by means of a superior firepower"
You know what, I lived here in the UK for some years now, and I still can't get my head around the obstinate "guns are evil!" policy: the result is that people aren't safe in their homes and that events like the ones of the last days go out of control.
Besides, all this coming from one of the countries which constructed their empire with the use of guns is a bit silly
I have a nice collection of WW2 and WW1 guns, but left them all in custody in Italy, since it's a massive ballache to bring em here..