“There are More Kalashnikovs in Marseille than in Kabul”

France’s unrest exposes a government losing its grip and a society paying for years of retreat. Widespread looting, residents living in fear, and Jewish families forced to organize their lives around security. What Pascal Bruckner calls a “silent coup d’état” is, in this telling, the consequence of authorities repeatedly excusing violence until their own authority becomes negotiable. or non-existent. A state that cannot protect its streets, schools, shops and synagogues is a failed state.

If anyone fails to grasp the necessity of the Second Amendment, one needs look no further than this. Your right to survive cannot depend on a government’s ability – or willingness – to protect you.

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