A Brief History of Repressive Regimes and Their Gun Laws | José Niño
In sum, the Jewish populace was disarmed and had no way of defending itself against the increasingly militant Nazi political operatives.
But pro-gun advocates aren’t exempt from making mistakes in their analysis either.
Second Amendment supporters often attribute gun control’s passage exclusively to Adolf Hitler’s government. However, a more thorough review of history demonstrates that the preceding
Weimar government was responsible for passing gun registration. Weimar
officials rationalized the passage of gun control in the name of public order, for fear of Nazis and Communists coming to blows on the street.
Unbeknownst to the Weimar government, their gun control framework would later be exploited by the Nazis to disarm the Jews and subject them to one of the most horrific cases of genocide in human history.
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It’s easy for anti-gun entities to identify gun owners and confiscate their firearms in the long-run when they have their information on the books. With the wrong political actors in power, yesterday's “common-sense” gun control could be tomorrow's vehicle for gun confiscation.
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Gun control may not have a path dependency toward tyranny. However, gun confiscation is an egregious form of gun control that allows authoritarians to steamroll their subjects at will. The way gun confiscation enhances the consolidation of state power is undeniable.
A disarmed populace is simply no match for a repressive apparatus that has a monopoly on the use of force.
Gun rights might not guarantee victory against tyrants, but being deprived of them all but guarantees submission.
The 10 Myths of Gun Control
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