[will_pseudonym]

Steps like welding doors shut [0] is not something I can see happening in the Western world.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/08/china-...

[swader999]

I imagine that was done on some doors not all, just to better funnel people to the remaining open exits where they had their manned check points.

[samsolomon]

I cannot see that happening in the U.S. without armed confrontations.

Like guns or not, that's the 2nd Amendment at work.

[Eric_WVGG]

Is it? Unless you have some sort of evidence that “they didn’t try this because guns,” that’s less than speculation.

[samsolomon]

That is ridiculous. I was commenting on a hypothetical situation.

People own guns for defense. There's reason to believe that if people are being trapped in a building against their will, they may use them.

[earthtourist]

Rather scary how massive apartment buildings in China, where most people live, are able to be turned into prisons so quickly.