Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
From: [an 25970] at [anon.penet.fi]
Subject: Castro's Gun Control
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 21:12:38 UTC


<<What gun registration _ALWAYS_ turns out to be intended for
  for those historically impaired who need another example:>>

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American Rifleman
June 1994
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Second Shots Column
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"25 Years Ago..."
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Cuba's Registration:
Castro's Confiscation
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"The hysterical outcry against private firearm ownership
in the United States might, in my opinion, have started
with those who want to disarm the American people.

"I say this because I have lived through civilian disarmament
once in another country.

"I am Cuban by birth. Castro began his dictatorship by
demanding that all Cuban turn in their guns.  He said
what anti-gun spokesmen in the U.S. now echo: "Guns, 
for what?"

"It was easy for Castro; gun registration paved the way.
As far back as 1912, there were major civil disturbances
in Cuba. Because of them, a law was passed requiring
a license for every firearm including hunting rifles.

"The government set up a general registry in the
Department of the Interior.  All that Castro had to do
was seize the Registry- a complete inventory of 
privately owned guns- and go down the list...The 
registry revealed exactly what firearms that I owned.

"Castro's Communist took from me a Smith & Wesson revolver,
a Winchester rifle and a Sarasqueta shotgun. Needless
to say, I received no compensation, and I never expect 
to see them again.

"But my personal loss is nothing compared with Cuba's
loss of freedom.  We in America ought to remember
what happened in Cuba.

"After registration comes confiscation."

(Signed)
Humberto A Pujals, D.D.S. [June 1969]

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