Gun Laws, History and the 2nd Amendment

Whether you agree or not, it's an interesting lesson in history.

Something to think about:

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 others who 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
xterminated.
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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 million
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!) While figures over the previous 25
years showed 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 Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the
other historical facts above prove it.

You won't see this data on the American evening news or hear our
president,governors or other politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,
gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note.....before it's too late! The next time someone talks in favor
of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without them, we are 'subjects'.

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Here are some things to ponder.

When this country started it had a weak federal government with few regulations and people were allowed to and almost forced to be self employed and self sufficient. The States or Colonies were the primary regulators of individual law. The USA grew from a band of Rebels to the most powerful and wealthy nation in the world without or very little aid from a LARGE federal government.

Now we have a LARGE federal government mandating, regulating and controlling the majority of things that are a mess in our country. Education, how are all the federal regulations helping that? If someone can explain how one way will work best for 50 states and 300,000,000 people feel free to try and explain that to me.

The Federal Government did very little (outside of a fine military) to build this country into the best, wealthiest, most powerful and most envied nation on earth, people in the past came here for a chance, yep just a chance at an opportunity to have the freedom to be independent. Now they are attracted here to become dependent on all of the government handouts.

I personally think there is plenty of evidence based on history what needs to happen to correct things or more accurately stated, what needs to be stopped.

Our founding fathers said that government needs to be most powerful at the lowest level.

Why do we now think they were so wrong?