BobCav wrote:
psmartin
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It's too early to call on the 2008 Presidential race, but I think there will be a "run on the gunshops" if anyone with the mindset of Bloomberg becomes president.
Bloomberg *SUPPORTS* the 2nd amendment.. For himself, and his fulltime police force.. hehehe
Sounds just like Hitler!
Oh really? And what did Hitler say?
Private firearms owership was but possible and easy in Nazi Germany. Hitlerrevised the Waffengesetz (weapons law) in 1938. The last one had been in 1928 -- during the democratic Weimar Republic. Among the changes Hitler made were: 1) lowered the age to own a gun from 20 to 18. 2) Eliminated restictions on quantity of guns and ammo people could own. 3) Hunting license now served as a concealed carry permit. 4) Eliminated registration of guns and ammo except for handguns.
I'll say that again -- Hitler eliminated most gun registration.
So in other words Nazi Germany was a gun owner's paradise compared to present day Germany or indeed any other European country except Switzerland.
Why is it contemporary democratic countriesfind it necessary disarm the people? Clearly because their leadersare not democractic in spirit and they actually fear the people they claim to represent. Hitler's governmenthad no reason to fear the German people as he had almost unnanimous poplular support in Germany right through 1945. (Not rendering a judgement, simply stating the fact.)
On a related note -- appearently firearms ownership is really widespread in the arab world, despite the "fact" that as we all know (rather are told) all the arab states are dictatorships. If a foriegn army invaded a European country today, there would beno resistance, no"insurgency," because the peoplearen't allowed tohave modern firearms. I find it very interesting thatEngland, France, and Germanyare "free countries" while the places where every adult male has a full auto AK and an RPG are the countries that need to be "liberated" -- according to our leaders. Just something to ponder.