Gun Control in India

American Thinker ^ | December 02, 2008 | Larrey Anderson

[neverdem]

The world watched in horror as the terrorists prowled and murdered for hours through the streets of a major city in India. The mayhem went all but unabated. No one tried to stop them -- because no one could stop them. None of the citizens were armed.

India has a long history of gun control. Under British occupation, the citizens of India had no rights to private gun ownership. Even Mahatma Gandhi protested the firearms prohibition:

"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."  (M. Gandhi, An Autobiography: The Story of my Experiments with Truth.)

In 1959 the prohibition was repealed. But the Indian government rushed in to protect its citizens from themselves and by 1990 the government had banned the import of small arms.

Permits for owning weapons are available to the citizenry of India but the licensing process is so complex and bewildering that very few citizens make the effort to (legally) obtain firearms. (A brief history of the gun control laws in India is available here and a video exploring the issue here.)

There is a huge lesson for freedom loving peoples to learn from the massacre in Mumbai: We cannot count on the government to protect us from terrorists who are willing to die to murder us. And without the right to legally own a firearm, we cannot protect ourselves.

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[neverdem]

Isn't this rich? Mahatma Gandhi, the idol of the non-violent civil disobedience crowd, bemoaned gun control.

[jessduntno]

BO can hardy wait to get ours......

[Vaquero]

the kicker is the police, those paid ‘to protect and serve’ stood their and did not attempt to take out the perps.

completely incredible.

[FortWorthPatriot]

He will have a very tough time getting mine.

[tcostell]

As did the Dalai Lama and that tyrant Winston Churchill.

[Dan(9698)]

the kicker is the police, those paid ‘to protect and serve’ stood their and did not attempt to take out the perps.

The police were also Muslims. They couldn't attack their fellow Muslims, ya know.

[BGHater]

Two police had to share a gun in shootout. Worth a watch.

CCTV from night of Mumbai attacks

[CapnJack]

‘to protect and serve’

Remember in the US as it is in other countries the phrase “to protect and serve” does NOT REFER to the citizens, but refers to the GOVERNMENT ... never forget that.

Millions of STUPID people in this country believe it is the police’s job to protect them ... what dopes.

[smokingfrog]

from the first here

An example of British thinking in colonial times:

"No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion." --James Burgh (Political Disquisitions: Or, an Enquiry into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses) [London, 1774-1775]

[Winged Hussar]

Several police also were killed because they did not have firearms. “Don’t bring a bamboo stick to a gunfight, pardner.”

[from occupied ga]

Millions of STUPID people in this country believe it is the police’s job to protect them ... what dopes.

There are many jackboot lickers on this forum who post as if the police were their friends. As you say, dopes.

[ltc8k6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boDL-hQfKKM

Citizens taking care of mumbai terrorist themselves before police arrest him...

[Lurker]

For later.

L

[dbz77]

the kicker is the police, those paid ‘to protect and serve’ stood their and did not attempt to take out the perps.

Police are not liable for failing to protect.

[edcoil]

“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.” (M. Gandhi, An Autobiography: The Story of my Experiments with Truth.)”

And yet after all these years, India never gave arms to its own people. I don't think Britain can be blamed for this.

[Vaquero]

that why I put ‘protect and serve’ in quotes.

in our country we are split into various states that either alow you to protect yourself, or not and in some cases it is a gray area.

better to be tried by 12 than carried out by 6 is an old saw that is still true in much of America. yup its better to be above ground, but you might have to spend years in court and a small fortune defending your actions. unfortunately.

[Vaquero]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2140347/posts

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

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[GBA]

Barack Uwill Obeymi and his liberal cohorts have nightly wet dreams about doing the exact same thing to all of us here.