Indeed, the national socialists never had even 40% of the Reichtag. But they made up for it by bullying the senile Hindenburg into giving the chancellorship to old Dolph.
Similarly, the bolsheviks were NEVER in the majority-even though the word translates to “majority”- except during a single crucial vote in the DUM, stacking the deck against Mensheviks. It was Stalin that said in 52 that “why call us bolsheviks... there are no mensheviks (minority party). WE are the party.
This is how they work. And you could only have a firearm in either STATE if you were in the military or secret police, which was all part of the same thing. No jews were allowed firearms, period.
Well said, Colonel.
And, to my surprise and shame, you’ve taught me the difference between “Bolshevik” and “Menshevik”. Thanks for that.