Gun Control — The Law and the Facts

The following was posted on Facebook recently:

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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.
China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated
Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Switzerland issues a gun every household and trains them to use it. Switzerland has the lowest gun-related crime rate of any civilized country in the world and hasn't bee conquered in over 1,000 years.

Now, I have not been able to personally confirm these numbers (which you'll never see in the mainstream media) but the fact that unarmed citizens get shot by evil governments has been well-established by historians. (As is the fact that armed citizens shoot back.)

The liberal agenda in America still includes total and absolute gun control — i.e., removal of guns from the ordinary American.  Not only is this unconstitutional, this doesn't reduce crime, as the liberals keep claiming to justify their program.  The truth, as any conservative knows, is far different.  Individual, personal gun ownership, unrelated to military service, is constitutional and it is an effective crime deterrent.

Here are the law and the facts:

Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate them.

Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States;
Miranda v. Arizona 384 US 436 (1966)

The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and court in the first half-century after its ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner.

Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution;
Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate
(97th Congress, 2nd Session, February 1982)

Boys who own legal firearms have much lower rates of delinquency and drug use and are even slightly less delinquent than non-owners of guns.

National Institute of Justice, US Dep't of Justice;
in Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse
(Report NCJ-143454, August 1995)

Historical examination of the right to bear arms, from English antecedents to the drafting of the Second Amendment, bears proof that the right to bear arms has consistently been, and should still be, construed as an individual right.

Sam Cummings, US District Judge;
US v. Emerson 46 F. Supp. 2d 598 (1999)

Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms . . . the right of the citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN)

According to the National Crime Survey, administered by the Bureau of the Census and the National Institute of Justice, it was found that only 12 percent of those who use a gun to resist assault are injured, as are 17 percent of those who use a gun to resist robbery.  These percentages are 27 and 25 percent, respectively, if they passively comply with the felon's demands.  Three times as many were injured if they used other means of resistance.

Prof. Gary Kleck, gun-control advocate, ACLU & Amnesty Int'l member;
in "Policy Lessons from Recent Gun Control Research"
Law and Contemporary Problems (vol 49: num 1: 1986)

I add some opinions from people you might be surprised to see on this list:

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, creator of civil disobedience

But if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

His Holiness, the Dalai Lama; in a May 2001 speech
on "nonviolent resolutions to conflict"

The world is filled with violence.  Because criminals carry guns, we decent, law-abiding citizens should also have guns.  Otherwise, they will win and the decent people will lose.

James Earl Jones, American actor (the voice of "Darth Vader")

Gun control?  It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters.  I want you to have nothing.  If I'm a bad guy, I'm always gonna’ have a gun. Safety locks?  You will pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger.  We'll see who wins.

Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, American
gangster turned Mafia informant

The Bottom Line:

The 2nd Amendment is for citizens who understand that, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

Unknown, very clever person

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