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From: [l v c] at [cbnews.cb.att.com] (Larry Cipriani)
Subject: Gun Control + Government = Genocide
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 02:47:54 GMT
This was posted to talk.politics.guns by: [j g rasty] at [pts.mot.com] (Joey Grasty)
Can gun control lead to genocide? The attached article says yes.
On page 8 of the March 1994 issue of _Guns & Ammo_, in answer to a
letter:
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In the spirit of the above paragraph, I am posting the following
article from the March, 1994 issue of _Guns & Ammo_. This article
is copyright 1994, by _Guns & Ammo_. It appears on page 24.
Typos are mine.
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The War on Gun Ownership Goes On
Lethal Laws
Military rifles are society's "life preservers." Without them gun
control can ultimately lead to mass murder.
By Jay Simkin
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
The Down-side of Gun Control
Advocates cannot see any harm in gun control, but it has a nasty
downside. Its victims number in the tens of millions. Its downside
is genocide: the mass murder of civilians on account of religion,
language or political views. Since 1900, at least seven major geno-
cides have occurred worldwide involving 50 to 60 million victims
(see table).
Gun-control laws are usually enacted in a crisis, be it war, eco-
nomy, etc. Citizens then put personal security above all else. This
deal -- disarming in exchange for government "protection" -- often
amounts to committing suicide for fear of death. Even if protection
is given, the laws remain in effect after the crisis ends.
Gun control has a fatal flaw: it can promote personal security,
but to do so, it must be ruthlessly enforced. Governments with such
powers can easily commit genocide. This flaw -- that for gun control
to work the government must be given the power to commit genocide --
is the reason for the high price ultimately paid for temporary gains
in security arising from gun control.
Government Officials: The Largest Mass Murders
Government officials, not common criminals or hate group members,
committed these genocides, but only the Nazi mass murderers have been
prosecuted. In every case, gun-control laws were in force before the
genocide began. In five genocides, the lethal law -- the gun control
law -- was in force before the "genocide regime" took power.
Despite four decades since 1945, the link between gun control and
genocide has gone unrecognized. Jews for the Preservation of Firearms
Ownership has published the authentic original texts of the gun-
control laws as issued by the governments concerned, with English
translations (_Lethal Laws_, JPFO, Inc. 2872 South Wentworth Ave.,
Milwaukee, WI 53207. $24.95 post paid). These laws cleared the way
for 50 to 60 million murders. This book is a powerful tool in
fighting gun control.
Preventing Genocide in America
Every government can become genocidal. Your best life preserver is
personal ownership of a military-type semi-automatic rifle. Sadly,
few Americans see any risk of genocide. Those who urge gun control
suggest government forces are invincible or claim criminal abuse of
firearms justifies regulation. These views often appear as, "It
couldn't happen here" or "Assault weapons are the drug dealer's
weapon of choice."
Genocide Almost Happened in America... Recently
On December 7, 1941, Japan smashed the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor
in a surprise attack. Subsequently, 125,000 Japanese Americans were
confined to concentration camps by the U.S. government. These
victims were citizens, but President Roosevelt signed an executive
order that they be imprisoned, Congress agreed, and the Supreme
Court upheld the law.
These inmates, though ringed with barbed wire and armed guards,
were not murdered like those in Nazi camps. In June 1942, American
flyers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers at Midway. Japan could
not hit U.S. territory again, and these inmates were freed after the
war.
The Armed Citizen: Proof Against Genocide
Some feel the government is all-powerful. They forget that govern-
ment officials comprise a tiny minority of the population (about two
percent in America in 1991). In 1991, there were 3.1 million federal
civilian employees (Congress, all executive branch agencies and the
judiciary) -- equal to 1.23 percent of the population. The armed
forces (active duty Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Reserves and
National Guard) totaled 1.986 million, about .8 percent of the popu-
lation.
Moreover, America's police forces are small: in 1991, state and
local governments employed 706,584 police officers. America's law-
and-order forces -- military and police -- totaled 2.7 million
persons (in 1991), about 1.1 percent of the whole population. Ordi-
nary civilians outnumber these forces about 100 to one. (_Statist-
ical Abstract of the United States_, 1993, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Government Printing Office, Washing-
ton, D.C.)
Moreover, America is the third most populous nation (258 million
people in 1993) and the fourth largest (3.6 million square miles).
Size limits a government's power. Because U.S. government forces
are small, U.S. law has never imposed on a police force a duty to
protect the average person (JPFO Special Report, _Dial 911 and Die_,
available from JPFO). In short, if most Americans do not want to
obey a law or an illegal government order and they own military-type
rifles, no one can make them do so.
When rioting erupted in Los Angeles in 1992, the police fled to
avoid being overrun by mobs of looters. After the looters wrecked
their neighborhoods, several days passed before the police returned,
backed by Army and Marine troops.
Heavy weapons -- tanks, artillery, helicopters -- are of limited
use in cities. A tank crew on city streets is in peril from a simple
homemade weapon: a Molotov cocktail -- a gasoline-filled bottle with
a short wick in the top, lit just before use. In short, civilians
armed with military-type rifles, by weight of numbers if by nothing
else, can at least cripple an attacking military force.
Genocides can be prevented if civilians worldwide own military-type
rifles and plenty of ammunition. Amnesty International, an organ-
ization aimed at freeing political prisoners, could prevent such
threats if it promoted civilian ownership of military-type firearms.
Armed Afghan Citizens Prevent Genocide
An armed citizenry is close to being genocide-proof, and there is
hard evidence at hand. In December 1979, the ex-Soviet Union invaded
neighboring Afghanistan. Most of the 16 million Afghans are devout
Muslims. They rejected the atheism of their Soviet-backed government.
Afghanistan has never been "governed" by whomever held power in the
capitol, Kabul. Afghans look after themselves. Most adult males are
armed. Armed Afghan citizens attacked the Afghan and Soviet armies.
Afghanistan, a country about the size of Texas, is mountainous and
has vast deserts. Of 13,000 miles of roads, only main ones are paved.
Afghanistan had no gun control before the Soviet invasion. Thus,
armed Afghan civilians put the Afghan and Soviet armies on the de-
fensive. These civilians' grit moved other countries, including
America, to supply heavier arms (anti-aircraft missiles). In 1989,
wht war-weary Soviets withdrew their 115,000 troops.
The Afghans offer a shining example of how armed civilians without
heavy weapons can wreck armies. The Afghans undoubtably saved them-
selves from genocide.
Military-Type Firearms: Your Life Preserver
Some argue that criminals' abuse of firearms justifies gun control,
especially control of military-type firearms. While hard data prove
that criminals rarely abuse military-type rifles, it is nevertheless
unclear why criminal activity should define the civil rights of the
law-abiding.
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has backed gun control for at
least 30 years. CPD published data documents 21,204 known murders in
Chicago from 1965 to 1992. No more than nine of these murders (four-
hundredth of one percent) involved rifles that, by bullet size, could
have been military-type rifles (Chicago Police Department, Murder
Analysis Report, 1965-1992).
Some of these nine were likely not military-type rifles. It is
clear that military-type rifles are not criminals' favorite firearms.
This proof has long been known to those who make public policies (See
"Control Criminals, Not Guns," J.E. Simkin, _Wall Street Journal_,
March 25, 1991, p. A10). Even if criminals abused military-type
firearms, this should not justify robbing the law-abiding of the only
defense against genocide.
An End to Gun Control = An End to Genocide
To prevent further genocides, we must destroy gun control. Genocide
has increased in the 20th century. Universal firearms ownership by
the law abiding is the only way to stop genocide. There are many ways
to minimize abuse of firearms by criminals and the negligent. The
vast law-abiding majority of Americans should put an end to regulation
set forth by the standards of the criminal minority. The evidence set
forth above proves that gun-control laws are the key to genocide. No
stone should be left unturned to uproot gun control in America. Tens
of millions of lives will be lost if we do not destroy gun control.
One final question: What should you do? What will you do about
those who are trying to seize your life preserver?
Table 1
Perpetrator Date Target # Murdered Date of Source
Government (Estimate) Gun Control Document
Millions Law
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Ottoman 1915-1917 Armenians 1-1.5 1866 1
Turkey 1911 2
Soviet 1929-1953 Anti-Communists 20 1929 3
Union* Anti-Stalinists
Nazi 1933-1945 Jews, Gypsies 13 1928 4
Germany** & Anti-Nazis 1938 5
Occupied
Europe
China* 1948-1952 Anti-Communists 20 1935 6
1966-1976 7
Guatemala* 1960-1981 Mayan Indians 0.1 1871 8
1964 9
Uganda* 1971-1979 Christians 0.3 1955 10
Political 1970 11
Rivals
Cambodia 1975-1979 Educated People 1.0 1956 12
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Total 55.9
Source Document Key:
1. Article 166, Penal Code
2. Article 166, Penal Code
3. Article 182, Penal Code
4. Law on Firearms & Ammunition, April 12
5. Weapons Law, March 18
6. Articles 186-187, Penal Code
7. Pro-Reform Group
8. Decree #36, Nov. 25
9. Decree #283, Oct. 27
10. Firearms Ordinance
11. Firearms Act
12. Articles 322-328, Penal Code
Notes:
* The law(s) mentioned are part of an older and/or wider body of law
on and regulation of private firearms ownership.
** For a complete translation of these laws, including regulations
specifically banning Jews from owning any weapons and a side-by-side
comparison of the Nazi Weapons Law with the U.S. Gun Control Act of
1968, see _Gun Control: Gateway to Tyranny_, by J.E. Simkin & A.
Zelman, 1992; available from JPFO.
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Larry Cipriani [lawrence v cipriani] at [att.com] or attmail!lcipriani
Gun control + Government = Genocide