First move of tyrants, disarm the people.
And try to cement their power in.
Great NRA ad has a Venezuelan woman who said the government told us it was better for us and safer to collect all the guns. But the gangs, the druglords and the officials andthe corrupt police still have all the guns they want. We live in terror and are helpless without weapons against them.
As they say a government takes all the guns if it's about to do something terrible and doesn't want you armed to defend yourself.