Considering your lack of knowledge on what exactly is an oppressive state and what is not, you are not in any state of reason to differentiate anything unless it fits your delusional state of history. Believe it or not, we live in the freest nation in the world but yet you think this is a police state. What will you say if you were living in any other nation but ours....? You will run out of proper nouns to describe other nations. And living in a nation such as ours,,,,,,we got more criminals then any other nations that you mentioned, and more armed criminals. Ignorance such as yours.....is sad. It is no wonder that you hide behind a pseudonym, least you become known to your friends, family and co-workers for writing such crap.