An Orwellian Conclusion

And multiple studies have shown that a higher prevalence of guns owned by citizens leads to a higher local rate of shooting deaths by police, suggesting that America’s gun violence epidemic is a large part of police killings, and vice versa. While systemic racism is at the heart of police violence, experts say the role of guns—and the police’s fear of guns—is not to be ignored. A holistic solution to police violence, they say, must include the tightening gun laws. [More]

It doesn't strike Talib Visram that you might not want to give guns exclusively to people suffering from multiple crippling phobias? And these "studies" show the preponderance of people being shot by police actually own their guns, in both the moral and legal sense of the term?

Bottom line: The "authorities" should be the "Only Ones" armed and our problems will go away.

Where have we heard that before?

If only Captain Parker had listened...

[H/T TTAG]