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Sky News has some pretty exciting live video from Tottenham right now.

What strikes me about this is just how much havoc the bad guys can cause when they are minded to. The police are fairly powerless — they can’t deploy the amount of force needed for fear of escalating things.

Well, guess what: there are some tough economic times ahead. Scenes like those in Tottenham tonight could become more common. It’s not hard to imagine a level of unrest in which the police completely lose control.

What then for the disarmed middle classes? We are told there is a gun crime problem in Tottenham, so we know the bad guys have guns. Some of the police have guns. But the likelihood is that they are outnumbered by the bad guys.

What we really need to maintain order in tough times is an armed middle class.

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