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DEROS72 wrote:
Personally I find it very scary in light of the direction the new admi.is headed .It sounds out there but that is how the gestapo slowly got started in 1933.In 1934 that new administration banned all owner ship of guns......
Actually, they didn't. Firearms were required to be registered, but they weren't outright banned. You may want to look up the information about that.
The 1968 Gun Control Act was modeled after the German law of 1938. Hitler did tighten things up in 1938 by restricting ownership, but it still wasn't an outright ban.
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=3384
This site lists some very recent laws in Germany. These are much more restrictive than what the Nazi's put in place.
Wikipedia has some history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Weapons_Law
"In 1928, the German government enacted the
Law on Firearms and Ammunition. This law relaxed gun restrictions and put into effect a strict firearm licensing scheme. Under this scheme, Germans could possess firearms, but they were required to have separate permits to do the following: own or sell firearms, carry firearms (including handguns), manufacture firearms, and professionally deal in firearms and ammunition. This law explicitly revoked the 1919
Regulations on Weapons Ownership, which had banned all firearms possession."
Under Hitlers law
" # Gun restriction laws applied only to handguns, not to long guns or ammunition. Writes Prof. Bernard Harcourt of the University of Chicago, "The 1938 revisions completely deregulated the acquisition and transfer of rifles and shotguns, as well as ammunition."
# The groups of people who were exempt from the acquisition permit requirement expanded. Holders of annual hunting permits, government workers, and Nazi party members were no longer subject to gun ownership restrictions. Prior to the 1938 law, only officials of the central government, the states, and employees of the German Reichsbahn Railways were exempted.
# The age at which persons could own guns was lowered from 20 to 18.
# The firearms carry permit was valid for three years instead of one year.
# Jews were forbidden from the manufacturing of firearms and ammunition).
Under both the 1928 and 1938 acts, gun manufacturers and dealers were required to maintain records with information about who purchased guns and the guns' serial numbers. These records were to be delivered to a police authority for inspection at the end of each year. On November 11, 1938, the Minister of the Interior, Wilhelm Frick, passed
Regulations Against Jews' Possession of Weapons. This regulation effectively deprived all Jews of the right to possess firearms or other weapons
