It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons.
Ideas are much more fatal things than guns.
It has been known since at least the era of Aristotle how dangerous a free press can be. Through time, governments have restricted freedom of the press for the sake of national stability and public safety. Following the Columbine killings, dozens of murderous plots have been uncovered or carried out, including the December 1999 Oklahoma schoolyard attack in which five schoolchildren were shot. The Tulsa World now says media reports of the Columbine massacre were foremost in the mind of the 13-year old gunboy. This has also been speculated with many of the other copycat perpetrators around the country.