Gun Control History

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A Little Gun History Lesson


In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about
20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.

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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million
Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13
million Jews and others20who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up
and exterminated

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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million
political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan
Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000
Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million
'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because
of gun control: 56 million..
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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new
law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own
government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 mill ion
dollars. The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!

In the state of Victoria alone,homicides with firearms are now up 300
percent.. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the
criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
It will never happen here? I bet the Aussies said that too!
While figures over the previous 25 years s howed a steady decrease in armed
robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12
months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the
ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety
has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in
successfully ridding Australia n society of guns. The Australian experience
and the other historical facts above prove it.

You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians
disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,
gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind him of
this history lesson..

With Guns........ .. ....We Are 'Citizens'.
Without Them....... We Are 'Subjects'.

During W.W.II=2 0the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew
most Americans were ARMED!

Note: Admiral Yamamoto who crafted the attack on Pearl Harbor had attended
Harvard U 1919-1921 & was Naval Attaché to the U. S. 1925-28. Most of our
Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor & our Army had been deprived of funding &
was ill prepared to defend the country.

It was reported that when asked why Japan did not follow up the Pearl Harbor
attack with an invasion of the U. S. Mainland, his reply was that he had
lived in the U. S. & knew that almost all households had guns.

If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to
all your friends!
AND NEVER, NEVER, NEVER SURRENDER YOUR GUNS!!!
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[Smitty506th]

It would be nice if you cited sources and provided links to them. I'm writing a paper and would like to use some of them. My biggest problem is people compiling information and providing it as fact. The only problem is that it means nothing without a citable source to back it up as fact. Everything else is a rant. Nice rant by the way. I don't think anyone on this forum is going to argue with you. Now if we can just get the message to the other side..........

 

[dburkhead]

One of the interesting things about the origins of gun control in the United States is that it's rooted in racism. One of the major reasons for many early gun control laws was, first in the antebellum south to ensure that slaves and "free" blacks could not own weapons. Later, during reconstruction, the purpose was to ensure that the Night Riders (one group of which is the ancestors to the KKK) only had to face unarmed victims.

Through much of the early 20th Century, the primary purpose of gun control was to make sure that "those people" were kept "in their place."

Given that history, various "black advocacy" groups should really be in arms against gun control.

 

[right winger]

It would be nice if you cited sources and provided links to them. I'm writing a paper and would like to use some of them. My biggest problem is people compiling information and providing it as fact. The only problem is that it means nothing without a citable source to back it up as fact. Everything else is a rant. Nice rant by the way. I don't think anyone on this forum is going to argue with you. Now if we can just get the message to the other side..........

Use this link
Death by "Gun Control"

 

[Hiker1911]

Thanks for the history lesson with the Australia update...

 

[gglass]

We can't leave out the British.

The UK’s leftist government banned virtually all private firearms ownership and all handgun ownership in 1997 amidst great fanfare about “making Britain safer.” Since then, crime has skyrocketed.

Where did it all begin? A registration system gun law - the Firearms Act - was first introduced to the United Kingdom in 1920, spurred on partly due to fears of a surge in crime that might have resulted from the large number of guns available following World War I and in part due to fears of working class unrest in this period. The law did not initially affect smooth bore weapons, which were available for purchase without any form of paperwork. The first control of long-barrelled shotguns began with the Firearms Act 1968. This required a person to obtain a "shotgun certificate" to own any shotgun. The Act did not require the registration of shotguns, only licensing. This act was accompanied by an amnesty when many older weapons were handed into the police. It has remained a feature of British policing that from time-to-time a brief firearms amnesty is often declared. The British government passed the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 which means that as of 1997 handguns have been almost completely banned for private ownership,

“Gun Control in England: The Tarnished Gold Standard,” written by historian Joyce Lee Malcolm

[Between 1997 and 2003] crimes with [banned firearms] have more than doubled.... In 2002, for the fourth consecutive year, gun crime in England and Wales rose — by 35 percent for all firearms, and by a whopping 46 percent for the banned handguns. Nearly 10,000 firearms offenses were committed....

Clearly since the ban criminals have not found it difficult to get guns and the balance has not shifted in the interest of public safety....

In the four years from 1997 to 2001 the rate of violent crime more than doubled. The UK murder rate for 2002 was the highest for a century....

A recent study of all the countries of western Europe has found that in 2001 Britain had the worst record for killings, violence and burglary, and its citizens had one of the highest risks in the industrialized world of becoming victims of crime....

 

[1 old 0311]

One of the interesting things about the origins of gun control in the United States is that it's rooted in racism. One of the major reasons for many early gun control laws was, first in the antebellum south to ensure that slaves and "free" blacks could not own weapons. Later, during reconstruction, the purpose was to ensure that the Night Riders (one group of which is the ancestors to the KKK) only had to face unarmed victims.

Through much of the early 20th Century, the primary purpose of gun control was to make sure that "those people" were kept "in their place."

Given that history, various "black advocacy" groups should really be in arms against gun control.

Actually gun control, in this Country, goes back to the Revolution. The British, in Boston, collected firearms, and PROMISED to return them. Guess what? They didn't return them.

 

[quicksdraw]

It would be nice if you cited sources and provided links to them. I'm writing a paper and would like to use some of them. My biggest problem is people compiling information and providing it as fact. The only problem is that it means nothing without a citable source to back it up as fact. Everything else is a rant. Nice rant by the way. I don't think anyone on this forum is going to argue with you. Now if we can just get the message to the other side..........

Here's a site I've used a couple times. GunCite: gun control and Second Amendment issues