Excerpts from

THE WAR ON GUN OWNERSHIP STILL GOES ON

LETHAL LAWS

Military rifles are society's "life preservers." Without them gun control can ultimately lead to mass murder.

By Jay Simkin

The Down-Side of Gun Control

Advocates cannot see any harm in gun control, but it has a nasty downside. Its victims number in the tens of millions. Its downside is genocide: the mass-murder of civilians on account of religion, language, or political views. Since 1900, at least seven major genocides have occurred worldwide involving 50-60 million victims (see table).

MAJOR 20th CENTURY GENOCIDES -- THE COST OF GUN-CONTROL

                                                Date of
Perpetrator                       # Murdered    Gun-Ctrl  Source
Gov.        Date     Target       (Estimated)   Law     Document
~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
Ottoman     1915-17  Armenians    1-1.5 Mil.    1866    Art. 166,
Turky                                                   Penal Code

Soviet      1929-53  Anti-Comm.   20 Million    1929    Art. 128,
Union                Anti-Stal.                         Penal Code

Nazi        1933-45  Jews,        13 Million    1928    Law on Fire-
Germany              Anti-Nazis,                        arms & Ammun.
& occupied           Gypsies                            April 12,
Europe                                                  Weapons Law,
                                                        March 18

China       1948-52  Anti-        20 Million    1935    Arts. 186 & 7
                     Communists                         Penal Code.
                                                1966-   Pro-Reform
                                                1976    Group

Guatemala   1960-81  Mayan        100,000       1871    Decree #36
                     Indians                    1964    Decree #283

Uganda      1971-79  Christians,  300,000       1955    Firearms Ord.
                     Pol. Rivals                1970    Firearms Act

Cambodia    1975-79  Educated     1 Million     1956    Arts. 322-328,
                     Persons                            Penal Code

TOTAL VICTIMS: 55.9 MILLION

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The rest of this article deals with the relationship between gun control and genocide in some detail. It's very enlightening. The author cites many sources, and also shows:

• Government officials are the world's largest mass murderers.

• How we can prevent genocide in America -- and how it almost happened HERE to 125,000 Americans in 1941-42.

• The government is NOT all-powerful: All law enforcement (including military) in the US is only 1.1% of the population.

• Several cases where armed citizens have prevented genocide (Afghanistan is one example).

• The Chicago Police Department report: from 1965 to 1992, there were 21,204 gun murders -- Nine (9) were from bullets that might have come from a military-type weapon!