A Little Gun History Lesson - merrily stolen from Greg

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.

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.

From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others,

unable to defend themselves,were rounded up

and exterminated.

However in 1943 a group of Jewish men and women

decided to fight back, taking a gun or two over time,

and then attacked the Nazi's, and freed themselves

from the Constentration camp they had been placed

in to work and die. The Name of the Place was called

Sobibor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobibor_extermination_camp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobibor_extermination_camp

Sobibor Death camp 1943... 600 armed jews escaped death

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.

Defenseless people whowere rounded up and exterminated

in the 20th Century because of gun control:

56 million.

It has now been 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:

Australia-wide, homicides are up 203.2 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!

It will never happen here?

I bet the Aussies said that too!

While figures over the previous 25 years showed asteady

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

insuccessfully 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 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 him of this history lesson:

Guns...........We Are 'Citizens'.

Without Them........We Are 'Subjects'.

Note:

Admiral Yamamoto who crafted the attack on Pearl Harbor

had attended Harvard 1919-1921

& was Naval Attaché to the U. S. 1925-28.

Most of our Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor

& our Army had been deprived of funding

& was ill prepared to defend the country.

It was reported that when asked why

Japan did not follow up the Pearl Harbor

attack with an invasion of the U. S. Mainland,

his reply was that he had lived in the U.S.

& knew that almost all households had guns.

If you value your freedom,

spread this anti-gun control message to all your friends!

The world is a dangerous place,

not because of those who do evil,

but because of those who look on and do nothing.

"You can have my gun,

when you pry it from my cold

dead hands"

2000 NRA convention

-- Charlton Heston

1923-2008

President NRA

"Political correctness is tyranny with manners."