[faithhopecharity]

it is an essential core goal of all communists and Nazis to disarm the citizenry

To disarm the people...[i]s the most effectual way to enslave them.”
- George Mason, referencing advice given to the British Parliament by Pennsylvania governor Sir William Keith, The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adooption of the Federal Constitution, June 14, 1788

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops.”
- Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, October 10, 1787

[OrangeHoof]

it is an essential core goal of all communists and Nazis to disarm the citizenry

As Casey Stengel used to say, "You can look it up..."

[Salman]

it is an essential core goal of all communists and Nazis to disarm the citizenry

Never mind reaching back to the baddies of the last century.
Want an object lesson in why not ban firearms? Look at the contemporary UK.

[nonliberal]

Another essential core is a citizenry that ALLOWS themselves to be disarmed. I don’t think that would happen here without a lot of dead enforcers, although I was sorely disappointed that none of them were killed enforcing Covid mandates.