Colorado passes Gun Control Laws

[Husar]

It will not reduce violent crime, but merely reduce our ability to defend ourselves from it and leave us more vulnerable to an ever expanding government of excess.

That's one of the notions challenged with the Australia example. And please show me any proof that a lack of guns leads to government becoming more absolutist/scary/whatever, because from what I can see, America has turned into more of a surveillance state than most european countries despite all the guns.

[Lemur]

Mmm. And before anyone goes committing a Godwin, please note that the Third Reich's gun control laws, while more restrictive than the USA's, were actually much more pro-gun-ownership than the Weimar laws they replaced. So let's not go there; you won't like what you find.