"The concept of a 'monopoly on force' might sound foreign or even frightening to Americans that take great pride in our revolutionary beginnings," Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Executive Director Josh Horwitz wrote in a Huffington Post citizen disarmament advocacy piece, "but it is the fundamental organizing principle of any political entity, including the United States." “To back up this assertion,” I explained in a GUNS Magazine Rights Watch column, “he cites, ‘German political economist and sociologist Max Weber.’" “What he doesn't cite,” I elaborated, “is Weber's support for approving Article 48 into the Weimar constitution, establishing "emergency powers" to...