Given the newspaper in question, that kind of sentiment would not surprise me in the slightest bit.
random quotes
“Though it is a long step between being disarmed and being murdered - one does not usually lead to the other - but it is nevertheless an arresting reality that not one of the principal genocides of the twentieth century, and there have been dozens, has been inflicted on a population that was armed.” by Daniel D. Polsby
[...] That’s one headline. I think I’d have opted for another. [...]
You’d think that with a headline like that that the newspaper was ENCOURAGING people to point guns at the po-po.
Given the newspaper in question, that kind of sentiment would not surprise me in the slightest bit.