Taking a page from other dictators - like the politicians in Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom, for example. "In what has now become a familiar historical trend, one of the Taliban’s first acts after the militant group took Afghanistan was to confiscate firearms owned by civilians. Reuters reports that Taliban fighters in Kabul quickly set about collecting weapons from civilians because “people no longer need them for personal protection.” “We understand people kept weapons for personal safety. They can now feel safe. We are not here to harm innocent civilians,” said a Taliban official. Excerpt: “Give us your guns. We will protect you.” – Every government that is about to commit mass murder ever,”"