[mothballed]

Those "protections" are in place for the protection of the government, not the citizens. That's also why the US tried to classify encryption as arms and why they passed the gun control act (people nowadays might think modern gun control was passed to help school kids, no lmao, it was passed in response to the killing of JFK).

[wiskinator]

I don't have the citations to back this up anymore than you did, but it was also passed because of the rise in Black Power movements walking around with guns.

I used to be an obnoxious gun control advocate until I learned that California's gun control legislation was brought about in response to the Black Panther's patrolling predominantly black neighborhoods while armed to protect the people of the neighborhood from state sponsored (police) violence.

Reference to start from: https://www.kcra.com/article/liberty-limits-black-panther-pa...

This topic is full of subtlty so recommend reading the sources from that article and so on.

[cucumber3732842]

>I don't have the citations to back this up anymore than you did, but it was also passed because of the rise in Black Power movements walking around with guns.

Were they what precipitated it or were they one of the many factors used to get the public on board?

9/11 didn't write the patriot act.

[gowld]

Most nations with gun control apply gun control to the street police also.

[em-bee]

most nations with gun control do not need people to protect themselves against police violence. that's the real problem here.

[inigyou]

Only two countries in the world have police who don't carry guns in regular service. Those are UK and NZ. In all other developed countries, the police may carry a gun, but there is a thorough investigation if it is ever fired.

[em-bee]

Only two countries in the world have police who don't carry guns in regular service. Those are UK and NZ.

and china. police in china generally is not armed. (china may or may not be considered a developed country, but i think that distinction is irrelevant. i am pretty sure there are more than three countries in the word where police is not armed, or where armed police is a distinct unit used only for specific tasks where arms are needed). but that wasn't the point i was making, rather, in most countries police simply does not get violent, nor do they have to fear being shot at, because of gun controls.

[rolph]

that doesnt apply to the U.S.

[duncan-donuts]

I don’t think anyone thinks gun control was passed to help school kids. People have been begging the govt to pass stricter gun control laws to protect kids for decades with very little success.