Why does anyone let people surrounded by walls and guns tell them they can’t have a wall or a gun?

I don’t mean to insult anyone’s intelligence or logic or reasoning capabilities, but I don’t know what other neurological deficits could be at fault here. It boggles the mind how many gullible suckers swallow this garbage from people they look up to.
Why does anyone let people surrounded by walls and guns tell them they can’t have a wall or a gun?
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