HuffPo–gun control

Generally speaking, they seem to censor all posts to do with Global Warming and any editorials written by celebrities determined to exercise their mediocrity in public.  Matthew Modine is a celebrity, so I assume it will not get through, so I’m reposting it here. Here’s the original article.

If someone is trying to rape you, you WANT something “specifically
designed to kill people” don’t you? Or is the concept of self defense
something that never enters your mind? Why do cops carry guns? Because
they are effective.

You seem barely able to see 1789 through the mists of time. What about,
say, the year 900 in Spain, when only Muslims were allowed to carry
swords? What about 1650 in Japan, when only Samurai were allowed to
carry swords? What about most of British history, where only elites and
the military were allowed to carry guns? What about the Jim Crow era
in the American South where only white people were allowed to own guns?

History is clear that a monopoly on the effective use of force leads to
and supports tyranny. That fact had not changed in 2,000 years, much
less 200.