Disarming Government

The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
--Nena

Imagine a world where all governments were disarmed. No guns, bullets, tanks, missiles, fighter planes, et al in the hands of government agents.

Not only would the global peace quotient move much higher, but it would essentially end government as we know it . Government as we know it is authoritarian and requires force in order to enact its policies. Without capacity for force, government would lose its power to collect resources via taxes and other mechanisms. Without those resources, the government leviathan would starve.

Next time you hear gun grabbers cry for the elimination of firearms, rest assured that they do not mean to completely eliminate guns. They need guns in their agent's hands in order to enact policies that require force to implement.