A Little Gun History by Dr. Alan Bates, MD

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A Little Gun History 1

by Dr. Alan Bates, MD.

After reading the following historical facts, read the part about Switzerland twice.

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, a total of 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, 20 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.

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, one 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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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their 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.  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!

Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent.  There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the elderly. 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. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it..

Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!  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 criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.

Switzerland issues every household a gun!
Switzerland's government trains every adult they issue a rifle.
Switzerland has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!

You won't see this data on the US lamestreet media, or hear Left wing socialist politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property while gun-control laws adversely affect only law-abiding citizens.  The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.  With guns, we are 'citizens.’  Without them, we are 'subjects'.  During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!  The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain.  Dialing 911 will not save your life in midst of a threat by an armed criminal.    Don’t let an out-of-control  Fedzilla disarm the American people under the pretense that it will protect us from gun crimes----it won’t.  And it won’t protect us from anti-American presidents and their handlers like Soros whose objective  is to destroy our liberties.  The 2nd Amendment has a purpose!  Finally, the label ‘assault weapons’ is a complete misnomer bandied about by the Left and the uninformed.  These semi-automatic rifles are not  themselves to blame for mass shootings---the deranged or evil people who misuse them are!  Most handguns are semi-automatics and so the Left’s  desire to ban ‘ semi-auto’ is just another attempt to take away your defensive handgun rights.    In that Aurora, CO. theatre,  had there been one armed well-trained person present,  the shooter could have been handily stopped before shooting 70 innocent people.  America needs more armed and trained citizens in key public locations to discourage and prevent such tragedies. 

1  the data provided in this commentary feature comes from a forwarded email received by this writer.

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