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Republics are born out of great strife, evolve into benevolent dictatorship/nanny states, then into totalitarian/socialist regimes and the strife starts all over again ..... the average shelf life being 200 years.
What happened in Britain, Australia and Canada is proof that 'gun control' has nothing to do with 'crime', it's all about power. It cannot be demonstrated that any 'gun control' law has ever prevented a crime, but it's allowed a lot to happen.
You'd think we'd learn, but we don't.