| − | '''Police State''' is a term used to describe a [[government]] that has imposed ruthless and restrictive measures over its citizens. The measures can include heavy [[surveillance]], repression of [[free speech]] and [[freedom of religion]], rigid rules in terms of association, government control over the [[media]] and [[political]] [[tyranny]]. [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and other [[socialist]]-[[communist]] regimes such as [[Cuba]] are examples of police states. [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''[[1984]]'' is a fictional example of a police state. | + | '''Police State''' is a term used to describe a [[government]] that has imposed ruthless and restrictive measures over its [[citizen]]s. The measures can include heavy [[surveillance]], repression of [[free speech]] and [[freedom of religion]], rigid rules in terms of association, government control over the [[media]] and [[political]] [[tyranny]] including [[gun registration]] and [[gun control]] leading to [[gun confiscation]] and disarming the citizens. [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and other [[socialist]]-[[communist]] regimes such as [[Cuba]] are examples of police states. [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''[[1984]]'' is a fictional example of a police state. |