A somewhat detailed account of Nazi gun control

[GreyGeek]

http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/registration_article/registration.html

Invading Nazi troops in Holland in 1940 immediately nailed up posters announcing a ban on all firearms. From Die Deutsche Wochenshau, May 15, 1940
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In 1941, U.S. Attorney General Robert Jackson called on Congress to enact national registration of all firearms.   Given events in Europe, Congress recoiled, and legislation was introduced to protect the Second Amendment.  Rep. Edwin Arthur Hall explained: "Before the advent of Hitler or Stalin, who took power from the German and Russian people, measures were thrust upon the free legislatures of those countries to deprive the people of the possession and use of firearms, so that they could not resist the encroachments of such diabolical and vitriolic state police organizations as the Gestapo, the Ogpu, and the Cheka."

Rep. John W. Patman added: "The people have a right to keep arms; therefore, if we should have some Executive who attempted to set himself up as dictator or king, the people can organize themselves together and, with the arms and ammunition they have, they can properly protect themselves. . . ."

Then, there is this little bundle of info, from Hitler up to Clinton, Reno and Metzanbaum:
http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/fame.html

[Gary]

Hope it is OK to add this to your thread.

[GreyGeek]

Hope it is OK to add this to your thread.

How can we have discussions if people don't contribute to threads?

Excellent video.   I wasn't aware that the Austrian people voted Hitler into power with 98% of the vote.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/austria_and_1938.htm