Guns And Tyranny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The brutal tyrants and dictators featured above used torture, starvation and murder to eliminate millions of their own people. Between 1900 and 2000, up to 56 million people died at the hands of their own governments because they were defenceless.

And yes, that's not a typing error - UP TO 56 MILLION PEOPLE !!!

One of the first things each of these dictators did before starting their regimes was to introduce laws that prevent civilians from owning and using firearms.

THE REASON THEY DID THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY TO HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES !!!

Many people fail to realise that strict gun laws allow a situation to develop whereby governments can expand their power and have complete control of a country and it's people. This is often referred to as tyranny and is a situation that's often extremely difficult (if not impossible) to reverse.

Governments must ALWAYS be kept in check by an armed citizenry, because if tyranny sets in the people are often treated in the most appalling and barbaric way by their own government leaders.

For instance, did you know that -

The Soviet Union, under Josef Stalin, passed gun control laws in 1929. These laws targeted anti-Communists and anti-Stalinists. Over the next 24 years, from 1929 to 1953, these 'undesirable' persons were eliminated. The result was over 20 million dead. By 1987, that figure had risen to 61,000,000.

 

China established gun control in 1935. Over the next 27 years, anti-communists, rural populations and pro-reform persons were targeted by their government for extermination. The result was that 20 million "enemies of the state" including men, women and children were murdered.

 

Germany began establishing gun control in 1928. By the time the final gun control law was passed on March 18, 1938, Jews and other 'undesirables' were prohibited from owning any kind of a firearm, truncheon or stabbing weapons. In other words, if an 'undesirable' person could defend himself or herself with it, it was forbidden. The Nazi Regime was free to inflict horror on the defenseless people of Germany. The final result was 13 million dead men, women and children.

 

Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, without the means to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

 

Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979 under General Idi Amin Dada, 300,000 Christians and others, unable to defend them­selves, were rounded up and exterminated.

 

Cambodia established gun control in 1956. Between 1975 and 1979, 2,000,000 "educated" people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. Because the greatest majority of the populace was left defenseless due to "sensible" gun control, too few were armed to oppose the Khmer Rouge. The result was the slaughter of over 1 million men, women, and children who those in power decreed were undesirables.


North Korea is another country that has a total ban on gun ownership. This country is a totalitarian state where the government rules with an iron fist and where torture and political persecution are routine, daily occurrences.

In October 2007, a South Pyongan factory chief convicted of making international phone calls from phones he installed in his factory basement was executed by firing squad in front of a crowd of 150,000 people in a stadium, as a warning to others.

In another instance, 15 people were publicly executed for doing nothing more than leaving the country and crossing the border into China.

Imagine living in a country where -

The government dictate what TV channels you can and cannot watch. TV sets in North Korea are programmed to recieve only government channels. The government distributes all radio and television sets. Citizens are forbidden to alter them to make it possible to receive broadcasts from other nations, and doing so carries draconian penalties. TV sets are fitted with seals to prevent tampering.

Citizens cannot freely travel around the country or go abroad. Only the political elite may own vehicles. The North Korean government limits access to fuel and other forms of transportation.

You will be sent to a brutal, inhumane prison for speaking your mind. Freedom is speech is strictly prohibited. Criticism of the government and its leaders is strictly curtailed and making such statements can be cause for arrest and consignment to one of North Korea's "re-education" camps.

And where reading this website is a "crime" punishable by the death penalty.

That is the reality of life in North Korea, and that's a few of the appalling human rights abuses that happen on a regular basis.

Once the citizens have been disarmed, then there is NOTHING to stop the government becoming totalitarian and behaving in this way, as the citizens have no means of fighting back if the authorities decide to take away all your rights and freedoms.

Remember what Benjamin Franklin said : "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both".

 

(Source - The Tragic Results Of Gun Control)  (PDF File)

(Source -  Daily Mail - November 2007)  (PDF File)

(Source -  Amnesty International Australia - March 2008)  (PDF File)

 

THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT !!!