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  • Farmritch

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    Gun Registration Program of 1938:

    - Classified guns for "sporting purposes"

    - All citizens who wished to purchase firearms had to register with the -------- officials and have a background check.

    - Presumed --------- citizens were hostile and thereby exempted --------- from the gun control law (meaning officials could have guns, citizens could not).

    - Gave --------- unrestricted power to decide what kinds of firearms could, or could not be owned by private persons.

    - The types of ammunition that were legal were subject to control by bureaucrats.

    - Juveniles under 18 years could not buy firearms and ammunition.


    The Weimar Republic had a Constitution that would have prevented much of what went wrong in the 30's & 40's and which required a 3/4 majority to Amend.

    The Enabling Act of 1933, which was itself actually unconstitutional, was a piece of legislation that essentially said that since it took a 3/4 majority to Amend the Constitution; any legislation that was passed with a 3/4 majority of the Reichstag was automatically considered to be Constitutional, even if it wasn't. And then, Hitler became "Der Fuhrer".


    The critical bit of information was that they decided to find a way to work around a Constitution that they found to be inconvenient at times.


    NOW IF THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR. JUST FILL IN THE -------- WITH Nazi Germany

    You see, we’ve witnessed the Feinstein gun bill before, many times through history we know how it ends, so, there is very little incentive for us to go along quietly.

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    poptab

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    Its been said 150 years ago [FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain — that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist."[/FONT]
     

    CarmelHP

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    You don't have to go looking for Nazis when our home grown socialists in the Democrat party proposed what Feinstein is advocating way back in the 1934 National Firearms Act. The original NFA was going to include ALL guns in the national registration and taxing scheme. A lot of lobbying by the NRA and other groups back then got it scaled back to machine guns and a few other classes, regrettable, but FDR was very powerful at the time, which was near the start of his first term, and determined to pass something.
     

    T.Lex

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    Speaking of history repeating itself, CarmelHP mentioned the 1934 NFA. Just to fill in a bit of history about that time. That was right after the Bonus Army marches.

    There was (IMHO) a very real desire to deprive the protesters of the most effective means of defending themselves against violent gov't action. The fear was probably well founded.

    So, today, we have a huge number of veterans back among the civilian population, and a great deal of civil discontent. Any coincidence that the gov't is moving again towards significant gun control?
     

    poptab

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    Speaking of history repeating itself, CarmelHP mentioned the 1934 NFA. Just to fill in a bit of history about that time. That was right after the Bonus Army marches.

    There was (IMHO) a very real desire to deprive the protesters of the most effective means of defending themselves against violent gov't action. The fear was probably well founded.

    So, today, we have a huge number of veterans back among the civilian population, and a great deal of civil discontent. Any coincidence that the gov't is moving again towards significant gun control?

    This is an interesting connection.

    However, teh gov't is an abstract idea. The people who are elected and appointed are the gov't. Why would they feel the need to protect themselves from the people who elected them?
     

    Rookie

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    Speaking of history repeating itself, CarmelHP mentioned the 1934 NFA. Just to fill in a bit of history about that time. That was right after the Bonus Army marches.

    There was (IMHO) a very real desire to deprive the protesters of the most effective means of defending themselves against violent gov't action. The fear was probably well founded.

    So, today, we have a huge number of veterans back among the civilian population, and a great deal of civil discontent. Any coincidence that the gov't is moving again towards significant gun control?

    If I read that right then our government has no problem using our military against it's own people.
     
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