Gouranga
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36795216/ns/world_news-washington_post/
The gist is this, one of the few bright points in the afghan conflict, an area that had absolute lawlessness that could not be controlled by the central government, military, or police, came about when the locals were armed and trained on using the weapons.
So you have a place that was far worse than say...Chicago in terms of violence and fear. You arm and train LOCAL citizens (not with particularly sophisticated weapons), and without even major firefights, crime and violence drop drastically. It would appear having an armed citizenry CAN actually deter violence and crime. If it can do it in Afghanistan, imagine what effect such actions would have in US cities where 2A is still law, where we already have a strong police force.
What I find entertaining, even in what was the "Wild West", arming the citizens, resulted in it transforming from that to a microcosm of a civil society.
Also telling the central government (one who is charged with abusing its citizens and heavy corruption) is threatened by the armed citizens.
The gist is this, one of the few bright points in the afghan conflict, an area that had absolute lawlessness that could not be controlled by the central government, military, or police, came about when the locals were armed and trained on using the weapons.
So you have a place that was far worse than say...Chicago in terms of violence and fear. You arm and train LOCAL citizens (not with particularly sophisticated weapons), and without even major firefights, crime and violence drop drastically. It would appear having an armed citizenry CAN actually deter violence and crime. If it can do it in Afghanistan, imagine what effect such actions would have in US cities where 2A is still law, where we already have a strong police force.
What I find entertaining, even in what was the "Wild West", arming the citizens, resulted in it transforming from that to a microcosm of a civil society.
Also telling the central government (one who is charged with abusing its citizens and heavy corruption) is threatened by the armed citizens.