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Right To Bear Arms

Most of this has most likely been around but sometimes its good to be reminded.

Tom Gator 851.

Something to think about…
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> In 1929 the Soviet Union established gun control,
> from 1929 to 1953 about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend
> themselves,
> were rounded up and exterminated.
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> In 1911 Turkey established gun control,
> From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend
> themselves,
> were rounded up and exterminated.
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> Germany established gun control in 1938 and
> from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews and others who were unable to
> defend
> themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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> China established gun control in 1935,
> from 1948 to 1952, 22 million political dissidents, unable to
> defend
> themselves,
> were rounded up and exterminated.
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> Guatemala established gun control in 1964,
> from 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend
> themselves,
> were rounded up and exterminated.
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> Uganda established gun control in 1970,
> from 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend
> themselves,
> were rounded up and exterminated.
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> Cambodia established gun control in 1956,
> from 1975 to 1977, 1 million educated people, unable to defend
> themselves,
> were rounded up and exterminated.
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> Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th century
> because of gun control
> 56 million
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> A Dissertation on The Right to Bear Arms
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> The Second Amendment is one of our most cherished. The right to
> keep and
> bear arms is what keeps government subservient to its citizenry.
> Without the
> right to bear arms, we would have anarchy in the streets, the
> criminals would
> still have guns, and violent crime would escalate.
>
> Just ask the citizens of Australia what has happened to their
> country since
> their guns have been turned in. Read what Australian police
> officer Ed Chenel
> has to say on the subject.
>
> Hi Yanks,
> I thought you all would like to see the real figures from Down
> Under. It has
> now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a
> new law to
> surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own
> government, a
> program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.
>
> The first year results are now in: Australia wide, homicides are
> up 3.2
> percent,
> Australia wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent; Australia wide, armed
> robberies
> are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)! In the state of Victoria
> alone,
> homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. (Note that while
> the law abiding
> citizens turned them in, the criminals did not! and criminals
> still possess
> their guns!)
>
> While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease
> in armed
> robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the
> past 12
> months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is
> unarmed. There
> has also been a dramatic increase in break ins and assaults of the
> elderly.
> Australia's House Of Parliament
> Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety
> has
> decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended
> in "successfully
> ridding Australian society of guns."
>
> You won't see this on the American evening news or hear your
> governor or
> members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.
>
> The Australian experience proves it. Guns in the hands of honest
> citizens
> saves lives and property and, yes, gun control laws affect only
> the law abiding
> citizens.
>
> Take note Americans, before it's too late!
> You might also ask the Jewish survivors under Adolph Hitler how
> things might
> have been different had they kept their weapons.
> Did you ever wonder why the 2nd Amendment was so important to our
> Founding
> Fathers?
> There has been so many modern day interpretations as to what they
> really
> meant. Basically, these are all arguments to do away with our
> right to bear
> arms.
>
> First of all, lets see what Jesus Christ, the original Founding
> Father of us
> all, had to say about the right to bear arms! Gun powder had not
> yet been
> invented. The weapon of the day was the sword. One of the last
> instructions he
> gave his disciples in the Garden was Luke 22: 36. The key
> admonishment "LET HIM
> WHO HAS NO SWORD, SELL HIS CLOAK AND BUY ONE.
>
> I would say that is a pretty strong argument for the right to bear
> arms.

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