| − | '''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]]. In Western countries such as the United States, the number of criminal statutes has proliferated.<ref>Trautman, Lars (October 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-overcriminalization-is-turning-everyday-americans-into-lawbreakers How overcriminalization is turning everyday Americans into lawbreakers]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 22, 2019.</ref> | + | '''Police State''', or "political 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]]. In Western countries such as the United States, the number of criminal statutes has proliferated.<ref>Trautman, Lars (October 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-overcriminalization-is-turning-everyday-americans-into-lawbreakers How overcriminalization is turning everyday Americans into lawbreakers]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 22, 2019.</ref> |
| | Often the first step in the creation of a police state is mandatory gun registration and [[gun control]] leading to gun confiscation and disarming the citizens. This [[civilian disarmament]] followed by summary execution and then [[genocide]]<ref>[[Gun control#Gun Control and Genocide]]</ref> happened in [[Turkey]] from 1911, the [[Soviet Union]] from 1929, [[China]] from 1935, [[Germany]] from 1938, [[Cambodia]] from 1956, [[Guatemala]] from 1964, [[Uganda]] from 1970 under [[Idi Amin]], [[Argentina]] from 1976, [[Bosnia]]-Herzegovina from 1992, Sierra Leone from 2000, Darfur from 2006. All [[communist]] countries ([[Vietnam]], [[North Korea]], [[Cuba]], etc.) and many [[socialist]]-tendency countries such as [[Great Britain]], [[France]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]] have disarmed their populace.<ref>[http://www.thegunzone.com/rkba/rkba-12.html The True Face of Gun Control], Dean Speir, The Gun Zone RKBA, Accessed March 28, 2014</ref> | | Often the first step in the creation of a police state is mandatory gun registration and [[gun control]] leading to gun confiscation and disarming the citizens. This [[civilian disarmament]] followed by summary execution and then [[genocide]]<ref>[[Gun control#Gun Control and Genocide]]</ref> happened in [[Turkey]] from 1911, the [[Soviet Union]] from 1929, [[China]] from 1935, [[Germany]] from 1938, [[Cambodia]] from 1956, [[Guatemala]] from 1964, [[Uganda]] from 1970 under [[Idi Amin]], [[Argentina]] from 1976, [[Bosnia]]-Herzegovina from 1992, Sierra Leone from 2000, Darfur from 2006. All [[communist]] countries ([[Vietnam]], [[North Korea]], [[Cuba]], etc.) and many [[socialist]]-tendency countries such as [[Great Britain]], [[France]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]] have disarmed their populace.<ref>[http://www.thegunzone.com/rkba/rkba-12.html The True Face of Gun Control], Dean Speir, The Gun Zone RKBA, Accessed March 28, 2014</ref> |