Why the Govt. bans gun ownership

[Rottmeister]

The Founding Fathers of the Indian Constitution and Penal Code realised that if free men have the guns, the state cannot oppress the majority against their will. This is taught in our schools and it is deeply imbedded in the pysche of many of the Indians. It results in the attitude - "my gun is the symbol of freedom and the freedom of those I love and care for, those I am bound in honour as a man to protect as my forefathers so bound".

The first thing the British did after suppressing the efforts of Mangal Pandey (for US, it was after the Highlanders were defeated at Culloden) was to take away the right to bear arms, punishable by death. I call this Emasculation and Political impotence. This makes clear that trying to take away the last symbol of a man's constantly challenged, constantly belittled masculinity (think about the way he is dealt at his workplace by his superiors) will make him bite back harder.

When will this society realise that the problem of male initiated violence will not be reduced by taking power and respect away from men? It will be reduced when men shall get it back;when older men have mentored them in the responsibilities and obligations of power.