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| Location: Blogs Russell Thornberry |   | | Posted by: rthornberry | 7/13/2007 2:05 PM |  By Russell Thornberry
As the pre election political rhetoric heats up, the predictable ranting of the anti Second Amendment bunch fills the air. They point to recent tragedies at the hands of madmen with guns. But what they fail to mention is what the madmen with guns do after firearms are banned from citizen ownership.
As long as I have the right to bear arms, in a worse case scenario, I can at least protect myself. However, if I am denied my right to bear arms I am defenseless against criminals. That's a bad scenario, but here one that is much worse.
The following chart shows that 114.6 million people have been murdered by their own governments after their guns were taken from them. Take a look at this chart and it might inspire you to fight even harder for your Second Amendment rights.
Perpetrator Government: Ottoman Turkey
Date: 1915-17
Targets: Christian Armenians
Murdered (est.): 1.5 million
Date of Gun Control Law: 1866-1911
Source Documents: Article 166, Penal Code
Perpetrator Government: Soviet Union
Date: 1929-53
Targets: Christians, Peasants
Murdered (est.): 36 million
Date of Gun Control Law: 1929
Source Documents: Article 182, Penal Code
Perpetrator Government: Nazi Germany & occupied Europe
Date: 1933-45
Targets: Jews, Gypsies, Christians, Anti-Nazis
Murdered (est.): 13 million
Date of Gun Control Law: 4/12/1928-3/18/1938
Source Documents: Law on Firearms & Ammunition; Weapons Law
Perpetrator Government: China
Date: 1949-52, 1966-76
Targets: Christians, Anti-Communists, Pro-Reformers
Murdered (est.): 60 million
Date of Gun Control Law: 1935-10/22/1957
Source Documents: Articles 186-7, Penal Code; Article 9, Security Law
Perpetrator Government: Uganda
Date: 1971-79
Targets: Christian Political Rivals
Murdered (est.): 600,000
Date of Gun Control Law: 1955-1970
Source Documents: Firearms Ordinance; Firearms Act
Perpetrator Government: Cambodia
Date: 1975-79
Targets: Educated Persons
Murdered (est.): 3 million
Date of Gun Control Law: 1956
Source Documents: Articles 322-8; Penal Code
Perpetrator Government: Rwanda
Date: 1990-94
Targets: Christian Tutsi
Murdered (est.): 500,000
Date of Gun Control Law: 1964
Source Documents: Law on the Control of Firearms
Total Victims: 114.6 million
Source: "Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self-Defense"
By Charl Van Wyk, published by WND Books.
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