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b'Eric Metaxas and John Zmirak. America May Be on Track for \\u2018Death By Government\\u2019. The Danger of Red Flag Laws Seizing Guns From Law-Abiding Citizens. \\n\\xa0\\nJohn Zmirak of Stream.org suggests that America may be on track for "death by government," and looks into the danger of Red Flag Laws and seizing guns from ordinary, law-abiding citizens. Jun 14 2022\\xa0 \\n\\xa0\\nThe Eric Metaxas Show\\nThe Eric Metaxas Show- https://metaxastalk.com/podcasts/\\n\\xa0\\nBook Mentioned- \\nDeath by Government by RJ Rummel. \\nGet yours free at- https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/DBG.CHAP1.HTM \\n\\xa0\\nAbout the Author- \\nRudolph Rummel\\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\\n\\xa0\\n\\nRudolph Rummel\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nBorn\\n\\n\\nRudolph Joseph Rummel\\nOctober 21, 1932\\nCleveland,\\xa0Ohio, U.S.\\n\\n\\nDied\\n\\n\\nMarch 2, 2014\\xa0(aged\\xa081)\\nKaneohe,\\xa0Hawaii, U.S.\\n\\n\\nEducation\\n\\n\\nUniversity of Hawai\\u02bbi\\n(B.A.,\\xa0political science, 1959)\\n(M.A., political science, 1961)\\nNorthwestern University\\n(Ph.D., political science, 1963)\\n\\n\\nOccupation\\n\\n\\nPolitical scientist\\n\\n\\nEmployer\\n\\n\\nIndiana University\\xa0(1963\\u20131964)\\nYale University\\xa0(1964\\u20131966)\\nUniversity of Hawai\\u02bbi (1966\\u20131995)\\n\\n\\nKnown\\xa0for\\n\\n\\nResearch on\\xa0war\\xa0and\\xa0conflict resolution\\n\\n\\nWebsite\\n\\n\\nhawaii.edu/powerkills\\n\\nRudolph Joseph Rummel\\xa0(October 21, 1932 \\u2013 March 2, 2014)[1]\\xa0was an American\\xa0political scientist\\xa0and professor at the\\xa0Indiana University,\\xa0Yale University, and\\xa0University of Hawai\\u02bbi. He spent his career studying data on collective violence and war with a view toward helping their resolution or elimination. Contrasting\\xa0genocide, Rummel coined the term\\xa0democide\\xa0for murder by government, such as the\\xa0genocide of indigenous peoples\\xa0and\\xa0colonialism,\\xa0Nazi Germany, the\\xa0Stalinist purges,\\xa0Mao Zedong\'s\\xa0Cultural Revolution, and other\\xa0authoritarian,\\xa0totalitarian, or undemocratic regimes, coming to the conclusion that\\xa0democratic regimes\\xa0result in the least democides.[2]\\nRummel estimated that a total of 212 million people were killed by all governments during the 20th century,[3]\\xa0of which 148 million were killed by\\xa0Communist governments\\xa0from 1917 to 1987.[4]\\xa0To give some perspective on these numbers, Rummel stated that all domestic and foreign wars during the 20th century killed in combat around 41 million. His figures for Communist governments have been criticized for the methodology which he used to arrive at them, and they have also been criticized for being higher than the figures which have been given by most scholars.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]\\xa0In his last book, Rummel increased his estimate to over 272 million innocent, non-combatant civilians who were murdered by their own governments during the 20th century.[12]\\xa0Rummel stated that his 272 million death estimate was his lower, more prudent figure, stating that it "could be over 400,000,000."[13]\\xa0Rummel came to the conclusion that a democracy is the\\xa0form of government\\xa0which is least likely to kill its citizens because democracies do not tend to wage wars against each other.[2]\\xa0This latest view is a concept, which was further developed by Rummel, known as the\\xa0democratic peace theory.[14]\\nRummel was the author of twenty-four scholarly books, and he published his major results between 1975 and 1981 in\\xa0Understanding Conflict and War\\xa0(1975).[15]\\xa0He spent the next fifteen years refining the underlying theory and testing it empirically on new data, against the empirical results of others, and on case studies. He summed up his research in\\xa0Power Kills\\xa0(1997).[16]\\xa0His other works include\\xa0Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocides and Mass Murders 1917\\u20131987\\xa0(1990),[17]\\xa0China\'s Bloody Century: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900\\xa0(1991),[18]\\xa0Democide: Nazi Genocide and Mass Murder\\xa0(1992),[19]\\xa0Death by Government: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900\\xa0(1994),[20]\\xa0and\\xa0Statistics of Democide\\xa0(1997).[21]\\xa0Extracts, figures, and tables from the books, including his sources and details regarding the calculations, are available online on his website. Rummel also authored\\xa0Applied Factor Analysis\\xa0(1970)[22]\\xa0and\\xa0Understanding Correlation\\xa0(1976).[23]'