Gun Control

Date: 18th April '01

Name: Individualist Anarchist

Country: USA

Message: Second Amendment:
"A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."

Patrick Henry:
"The great object is, that every man be armed."

Thomas Jefferson:
"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

George Mason:
"I ask, Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."

Adolph Hitler:
"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so."

Heinrich Himmler:
"Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA-- ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State."

German Firearms Act of 1937:
"No civilian is to have a firearm without a permit and permits will not be issued to [persons] suspected of acting against the state. For Jews this permission will not be granted. Those people who do not require permission to purchase or carry weapons [include] the whole SS and SA, including the Death's Head group and officers of the Hitler Youth."

PERPETRATOR GOVERNMENT	DATE	TARGET	# MURDERED (ESTIMATED)	PERMIT OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED	DATE OF "GUN CONTROL" LAW	SOURCE DOCUMENT
Ottoman Turkey	1915-1917	Armenians	1-1.5 million	yes	1886 1911	Art. 166, Penal Code Art. 166 Penal Code
Soviet Union	1929-1953	Anti-Communists Anti-Stalinists	20 million	yes	1929	Art. 182 Penal Code
Nazi Germany & Occupied Europe	1933-1945	Jews, Gypsies, Anti-Nazis	13 million	yes	1928 1938	Law on Firearms & Ammunition, April 12 Weapons Law, March 18
China	1949-1952 1957-1960 1966-1976	Anti-Communists Rural Populations Pro-Reform Group	20 million	yes	1935 1957	Arts. 186-7, Penal Code Art. 9, Security Law, Oct. 22
Guatemala	1960-1981	Maya Indians	100,000	yes	1871 1964	Decree 36, Nov 25 Decree 283, Oct 27
Uganda	1971-1979	Christians Political Rivals	300,000	yes	1955 1970	Firearms Ordinance Firearms Act
Cambodia	1975-1979	Educated Persons	1 million	yes	1956	Arts. 322-8, Penal Code

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