The Red Army would provoke farmers to violence so they could seize their weapons. The Soviets would make outrageous demands on farmers for grain. Troops would show up at the farm and set fire to the women’s skirts. Where are you hiding the grain, Pavel? After a while, there were no more guns in the hands of the populace. And they still don’t have them. That’s why there were no armed reprisals to the Beslan school massacre. Read The Black Book of Communism.
>>>After a while, there were no more guns in the hands of the populace. And they still don’t have them. That’s why there were no armed reprisals to the Beslan school massacre. Read The Black Book of Communism.<<<
Bad example. Stalin has died in 1953, Russians allowed to have semi-auto for decades and counting.
As for Beslan massacre armed village idiots did everything to screw things up firing shots at that school full of hostages and military had to allocate about as much resources to contain them as they has against terrorists.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m pro-gun but armed resistance is not necessarily a win-win scenario for concerned citizenry struggling against tyranny.
Government still has a means to respond. People in Yugoslavia, former Soviet Stans and Middle East were actually better armed than most Americans. Unlike Americans they had fully auto assault rifles and RPG widely available. Against machine guns government responded with armored IFVs, against anti-tank assets government used snipers and air power.