For Modern Societies To Survive, Lawful Citizens Must Be Armed

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Russian gun right supporters point to the United States as a model of how
things should be.

Pro-gun ownership campaigners however point to US statistics as proof that
ownership of firearms could keep them safer.

Some Russians blame corrupt police for the high crime rates.

Opposition politician Alexander Navalny, who supports gun ownership, quipped
to the New Republic magazine in 2012 that firearms could help keep Russians
safer from the law enforcement officers charged with protecting them.

"We have a huge homicide rate, most of these murders are unsolved, and many
police officers are among the criminals," he told the magazine.

"In America, the argument works that there are professionals to protect us.
Here, the police are the main criminals, and they're armed."

Others from the pro-gun ownership lobby said that firearms would help keep
Russians safer from criminals.

"A person may decide not to commit a crime if he thinks he may be shot or
may encounter resistance," Maria Butina, founder of the Russian Right to
Bear Arms organisation, told the magazine.

Russians echoing the sentiments of Wayne LaPeirre will now be able to own
pistols, revolvers, and shotguns for self-defense.

In a modern world where crime and terrorism can move at the speed of social
media, where humans have unprecedented access to multiple modes of rapid
travel, governments are coming to realize that threats can come from
anywhere, at any time, and that there simply aren't enough law enforcement
officers or military servicemen to prevent crime or terrorist attacks.

These nations are being forced to concede that the natural human right of
the citizenry to be armed for their self-defense must be honored if their
cultures are to survive.