To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them. – George Mason.
Gun control laws has lead to mass genocide countless times throughout the 20th century which has been the bloodiest time period in history. 175 million people were killed almost directly AFTER gun control laws were passed.
This is what happens when the civilian population of a country give up their weapons:
Turkey (1915-1917)
•Permits required
•Government list of owners
•Ban on possession
– 1.5 million Armenians killed
Soviet Union (1929-1945)
•Licensing of owners
•Ban on possession
•Severe penalties
– 20 million killed
Nazi Germany & Occupied Europe (1933-1945)
•Registration & Licensing
•Stricter handgun laws
•Ban on possession
– 20 million killed
China, Nationalist (1949-1952, 1957-1960, 1966-1976)
•Government permit system
•Ban on private ownership
– 10 million killed
China, Red (1949-1952, 1957-1960, 1966-1976)
•Prison or death to “counter-revolutionary criminals” and anyone resisting any government program
•Death penalty for supply guns to such “criminals”
– 20-35 million killed
Guatemala (1960-1981)
•Register guns & owners
•Licensing with high fees
•Prohibit carrying guns
•Bans on guns, sharp tools
•Confiscation powers
– 100,000-200,000 killed
Uganda (1971-1979)
•Register all guns & owners
•Licenses for transactions
•Warrantless searches
•Confiscation powers
– 2 million killed
Cambodia (Khmer Rouge) (1975-1979)
•Licenses for guns, owners, ammunition & transactions
•Photo ID with fingerprints
•License inspected quarterly
– 2 million
Rwanda (1994)
•Register guns, owners, ammunition
•Owners must justify need
•Concealable guns illegal
•Confiscating powers
-800,000 killed
A quote coming straight from the man who stood for PEACE and NON-VIOLENCE:
“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”
– Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, An Autobiography, page 446
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 – 1948)
source: http://gunsandweapons.com/index.php/home/all-gun-news/62-genocide-chart-related-to-gun-control