It is easy to convert a citizen into a subject, just remove its right to bear arms. In medieval Europe, Saint Augustine analyzed social division and concluded that it was a result of the Fall of Man. Subjects or commoners were the third and bottom layer of
Three Estates of the Realm, formalized as
Nobility,
Clergy and
Commoners. This division was often expressed as "those who fight," "those who pray" and "those who work." Remove the rite to bear arms, and the citizen who was able to fight falls to a commoner, a subject of the Realm!
It looks that the wish of the government is to remove any possibility of citizens questioning its actions. It looks that subjects should not poke their noses in the business of the government. What's worse, the citizens forgot the famous saying by
Aristotle: "
To take no part in the running of the community's affairs is to be either a beast or a god!"
Benito Mussolini defined his fascist philosophy as "
Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State." The Government is supreme, every human must submit to the government and any type of questioning the government is not to be tolerated. When government tries to control every little detail of the subject's lives, when it tries to regulate everything, when benevolent Uncle Sam starts looking more and more like harsh and abusing father... the result is not Socialism, as many seem to think.
California was an "open carry" state for a long time. Once, that meant one had right to carry loaded firearms. Due to the entire scare regarding Black Panthers, the law was changed to right to openly carry unloaded firearms. Now, there is a law on Governor Brown's desk calling for removal of the right to openly to carry an unloaded firearm. The way things look now, California will shortly forbid its subjects from openly carrying even an unloaded weapon. Concealed weapons permits in California are already nearly impossible to obtain. It is just another move in the general strategy of converting citizens into subjects.
United Kingdom has strict gun control laws but it has double the crime and intentional homicide rate of Switzerland. In 1900, when UK had no gun controls, the homicide rate was comparable to the one Switzerland has today. The Switzerland is one of the safest places on this planet and there is more per capita firepower in Switzerland than in any other place in the world (including most of the war zones).
The oldest Zürich tradition, that takes place on the second weekend in September, is "Knabenschiessen" (boy's shooting contest). It is a shooting contest at the range for 12 to 16 year-old boys/girls. The guns are readily available everywhere and the militia system requires that all males aged 20 to 42 keep automatic rifles and/or semiautomatic pistols in their homes. It is their tradition to keep their citizens well armed and free. Even
Machiavelli wrote in 1532, "
The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom."
Monarchist philosopher
Jean Bodin wrote in 1606, "
The most usual way to prevent sedition is to take away the subjects arms." It is up to the Citizens of United States to decide will they meekly subject themselves to the power of the few or finally take part in the running of the country's affairs.