It is important to remember history.
It has been reported so many times the German people during WW2 were complicit when they allowed Hitler to kill and destroy so many people. This is terribly inaccurate reporting.
Hitler conscripted all the guns right after he came into power. Hitler's army and collaborators had guns, but the German people were prevented from having guns. German citizens were shot on the spot for having guns. There are accounts of citizens being killed when they tried to surrender their guns to the Nazi.
When people have had no way to defend themselves, defend their rights or protect others, then despotic leaders have always had their way.
Look at North Korea. There are plenty of people under the thumb of that dictatorships right now. All over the world there are dictatorships empowered, because their people have no adequate means to resist or protect themselves.
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