We raise this kind of point from time to time, for we are citizens of a republic -- not a monarchy, however constitutional. Republics properly constituted are all about the broad distribution of political power.
The smartest thing Mao ever said was his remark about what political power grows out of. A Commie rat, yes, and a pathological narcissistic personality also, but that didn't make him a dullard.
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Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.
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