Sorry if this is not the place for that kind of discussion. I would like to be civil, please. Some people on Reddit were talking about how only dictators would want to disarm people.

Can I have some explanation on your opinion and why? I believe weapons should be banned and that crime should not exist in the first place. My opinion may change, but I believe there should somehow be strict rules regarding crime to reduce the amount of it and just have a place where it will not be worried about.

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    Minor contra point. Many police in the UK do not carry guns on their person. They have access to guns and the state monopoly on violence is very one-sided in favour of the state, but community-policing and disarmament of the first-contact-point is absolutely something that can and (sometimes) does happen when the societal level of gun violence is low enough.

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      2 hours ago

      community-policing and disarmament of the first-contact-point is absolutely something that can and (sometimes) does happen

      What I’m seeing around the police harassment of Palestine Action protestors doesn’t reflect that.

      Nevermind the persistent obsession with Knife Crime, which has become the subject of hysterical news coverage for decades over there.