I am American, and I am one who knows the history of "my" country, the blood upon which it was founded , and upon which it has sustained itself.

What I know is that while you may well be right that a country that does not have the same degree of an armed populace would not be witness to anywhere near the reactionary violence we see in the United States, you would only ever possibly be able to enforce that state of affairs by overcoming the force that they already & have always had possession of.

What is going on today is not new for America; we are simply returning to our own normal. And we as leftists in America need to be prepared for that.

Edit: Wrote this before your edit.