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> Wow. With stuff like this, the recent laws against protests, the draconian gun control laws, and excessive surveillance it seems like the UK is on its way to becoming an authoritarian country.

Hyperbole helps no-one. Particularly citing gun control here: the vast, vast majority of the UK population wants it and supports it. You're projecting a certain set of American values onto an entirely different situation.

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Even the police unions are against cops (aside for a small number of specialists) carrying guns.

Fun fact: you can own guns in the UK and recreation is a valid reason. Most people simply don't want to, unlike the odd obsessions Americans seem to have with guns despite the fact that no one has actually stopped any tyranny with rifles over there. Shooting at cops would probably be a pretty bad idea I imagine.

> ...despite the fact that no one has actually stopped any tyranny with rifles over there.

I suppose they didn't cover the American Revolution in much depth in your history classes. It was not a peaceful protest.

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