§ Uninhibited by the obvious fear of their citizens, the EU
nevertheless carries on its immigration policies.
§ Ironically, Western political elites consider this clearly
widespread sentiment against Muslim immigration "racist" and
"Islamophobic" and consequently disregard it -- thereby empowering
anti-immigration political parties.
§ "Islam has no place in Slovakia.... [the problem is not
migrants coming in, but] rather in them changing the face of the country."
— Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia.
Europe, so many years after the Cold War,
is ideologically divided into a new East and a West. This time, the schism is
over multiculturalism. What Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has termed
"liberal babble" continues to govern Western Europe's response to the
challenges that migration and Islamic terrorism have brought, especially to
personal security.
The Western European establishment
considers arming oneself against terrorists, rapists and other ill-wishers
outlandish, even in the face of the inability of Europe's security
establishments to prevent mass terrorist atrocities, such as those that took
place in Paris at the Bataclan Theater or the July14 truck-ramming in Nice.
The European Union's reaction to terror
has been to make Europe's already
restrictive gun laws even more restrictive. The problem is that this
restrictiveness contradicts the EU's own reports: these show
that homicides committed in Europe are mainly committed with illegal
firearms.
In Eastern Europe, on the other hand, it
is still normal to want to defend yourself. Last summer, Czech President Milos
Zeman even encouraged citizens to
arm themselves against Islamic terrorism. "I really think that citizens
should arm themselves against terrorists. And I honestly admit that I changed
my mind, because previously I was against [citizens] having too many weapons.
After these attacks, I don't think so".
Since the president's remarks, the Czech
Interior Minister, Milan Chovanec, has proposed extending the
use of arms in the event of a terrorist attack. He explained that despite
strict security measures, it is not always possible for the police to guarantee
a fast and effective intervention. Fast action from a member of the public
could prevent the loss of many lives.
Read more at: Europe:
"The Era of Liberal Babble"
