[Wallace T.]

Did the Tsarist regime regulate or restrict public access to firearms? Did the Bolsheviks confiscate guns after coming to power? In light of pre-revolutionary poverty, could the poorer people afford to buy guns? If impoverished peasants and workers lacked guns, that would have made the Cheka’s work in suppressing Christians,political opponents, and business owners that much easier.

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My point was not 2A or lack thereof, but rather that “I” of the author’s pointed “we” do not care what “they” do. “They” have their culture and governance; “we” have ours. “We” may influence, but “we” do not control. Nor are “we” responsible for “letting” despots kill millions.

For example, Venezuelans will have learned some tough lessons in this century, but I would never have supported the notion that “we” let it happen. Nor that “we” should have done anything about it but prevent supporting the regime.