FOX NEWS: Lack Of GUNS Assured Cyprus Bank DOOM

[Roger Bacon]

Pretty good... 

“While Cypriots can own guns, it’s a bear to get them,” Gutfeld said. “There is no gun culture there, which then allows the government to wonder of its docile populace, ‘What are they going to do, shoot us?’ Well, in America — yes, we will shoot you.”

http://nation.foxnews.com/cyprus-bailout/2013/03/20/gutfeld-gun-rights-keep-cyprus-bank-taxation-bailout-plan-happening-us

[24KT]

That's part of the administrations fear. They don't dare introduce European style austerity measures with such a well armed populace. It would be suicide, ...not just politically, ...but quite possibly literally!

[drkaje]

It's probably easier nationalize the property of an unarmed populace.

[24KT]

It's probably easier nationalize the property of an unarmed populace.

Yep. Canadians should check out Bill C-124 that the Conservatives pushed through when no one was looking.

Our own finance minister is sending out cryptic messages to those in the know. He has ALWAYS bought a new pair of shoes for every new budget he delivers. A few years back, rather than buy a new pair, he had an old pair re-soled. This budget, he is not buying a new pair, and he is not re-soling. 

[24KT]

It's probably easier nationalize the property of an unarmed populace.

There was one guy in Cyprus who showed up at his bank armed... with a BULLDOZER!!! 

[syntaxmachine]

I'm not sure what Fantasy News is on about -- Cyprus has one of the largest number of guns per capita on the planet, to say nothing of the unknown quantity of illegal arms carried by crime family types and whatever is happening on the Turkish-controlled side of the island.

The notion that Cyprus is primed for economic pillage due to its not harboring enough American-style gun queers is absurd -- absurd enough, however, to be expected from this particular media source.