A few stats on gun control history that I have'nt seen.

[rangerider7]

A LITTLE GUN HISTORY


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 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 more than 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:
List of 7 items:
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 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 them of this history lesson.
With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without them, we are subjects'.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, please spread this anti-gun control message to all of your friends.

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain.

All else is supplemental.

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN! SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE. SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!

IT'S A NO BRAINER! DON'T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.

I'm a firm believer of the 2nd Amendment! If you are too, please forward.

[Old Ironsights]

See "Lethal Laws" published by JPFO...

[JerryB]

My pastor read that Sunday morning when church service started.

[AJMD429]

Also see R.J. Rummel's excellent website on Genocide - only a disarmed populace can suffer genocide...

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/

and Zelman & Stevens' book http://www.amazon.com/Death-Gun-Control ... 0964230461

Buy a dozen copies of the book, and find someplace (school, libarary, journalist, etc.) to donate one each month...

[TCB in TN]

I would rather die armed fighting for what I believe in than on my knees begging, or led like a lamb to the slaughter!

[BigSky56]

Rider
Thanks for the info I knew of those but didnt have the stats. danny

[gundownunder]

Just to add a little extra to what rangerider7 has posted.

Australian bureau of statistics figures prove that the year after the gun buyback we had our highest number of murder/suicide deaths in 100 years. The year after that we had our second highest number of murder/suicide deaths in 100 years. The third year after, we had our highest number of murder/suicide deaths in eight years.
The safest time in Australias history during the past 100 years was in fact the years 1944 to 1948 when pretty much every house in the country had a .22 rifle or a shotgun either in the wardrobe or behind the kitchen door, and a lot of returned servicemen who knew how to shoot.

[Old Ironsights]

http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/deathgc.htm#chart

[KCSO]

This is WONDERFUL, we keep adding gun control measures to Washington DC and pretty soon we can eliminate CONGRESS!

[Grizz]

This is WONDERFUL, we keep adding gun control measures to Washington DC and pretty soon we can eliminate CONGRESS!

nope, they all have guns or bodyguards with guns, and DC has the highest concentration of armed cops in the country. they know what keeps them alive!

they just don't want us to have the same right

dirty rotten blood sucking lower than pond scum parasites... !!

[ByronG]

I would be interested in seeing some pre-ban gun ownership statistics for these groups.

I found this comment on Cambodia : "Cambodia was a poor country, and few people could afford guns. On the other hand, the chaos that accompanies any war might have given some Cambodians the opportunity to acquire firearms from corrupt or dead soldiers. There is no solid evidence about how many Cambodians, with no cultural history of firearms ownership, attempted to do so." http://www.davekopel.org/2A/LawRev/lethal.htm