A World History of Gun Bans

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:05:48 GMT

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.

Will Hunting Survive Show Biz?

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:04:59 GMT

By Russell Thornberry

It’s a legitimate question. When I think of hunting I think of solace, the wonder of nature, animals gliding like shadows through the timber. It’s very private and personal experience for me and I love it. While hunting on mountain tops for wild sheep, or in the high timber bugling for bull elk, or lowland forests for whitetails, the sights and sounds offered up by Mother Nature have always been awe inspiring and enough for any sane man, I think.

However, there are some things I’ve never experienced in my pursuit of hunting and somehow I don’t believe these “things” really relate to the world of hunting. I’ve never seen a guy riding a buffalo or on top of a high rack with a machine gun. Uh-Oh, have I committed the cardinal sin and bad mouthed machine guns? No, not at all. I simply say that such a sight I’ve never seen while out hunting. Nor have I ever seen a deer hunting contest in progress where people were pitted against each other, as well as against the deer, which yield big dividends for the winners – in other words - killing for dollars.

This stuff is all about show business, and it reminds me of the nightly news. There no unbiased reporting – there’s always an agenda. I wonder what agenda our show biz antics say to the non-hunting public. Remember them? They are the majority who actually decided if we get to hunt or not. Someone said that the anti-hunters no longer have to create propaganda films; they can just show the public our own shows!

I am dating myself, I know, but I grew up in a time when being a gentleman, on camera and off, was important. My, how times have changed.