1911: Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.1929: Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 40-60 million citizens, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated or starved to death.
1935: China established gun control. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
1938: Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, Catholics and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
1956: Cambodia established gun control. From 1975 to 1977, one million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated."
1964: Guatemala established gun control. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
1966-1976: China still has gun control. Another 50-100 million civilians were killed in Mao Tse Tung's "Cultural Revolution".
1970: Uganda established gun control. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
1990s: Rwanda established gun control. In a span of 100 days in April 1994, 800,000 people who were unable to defend themselves were massacred to death - most by machetes. How many dead, hacked-up bodies do you think were found holding a loaded gun? (answer is less than 1)
1992: Los Angeles California, USA. For three days police stood by and watched, unable to stop the rioting, arson and destruction of whole neighborhoods. Yet many Korean stores were virtually untouched - protected by their well-armed storeowners who exercised their right to self-defense through their right to keep and bear arms and who did for themselves what the police were unwilling or unable to do.
Late 1990s: Great Britain established total gun control. Robberies, burglaries and assaults have skyrocketted making London's violent crime rate now higher than anywhere in America.
CombatEngineer, I read these words posted by you on another thread - I own guns, but do believe in strict gun control. - and wanted to share some truth with you. I hope you will reconsider your stand on gun control upon reflection. After all, if RKBA is not a God-given right, and not clearly defined and defended in our 2nd Amendment, into whose hands will you willingly place the power of determining who has the right to keep and bear arms and who does not? I do not wish to jump to conclusions about you: perhaps what you meant by "strict gun control" would have been more aptly worded 'strict law enforcement'?
There is at least one thing that I can entertain slight agreement on with the good doctor. There is a certain appeal to an atmosphere where lying, deciet and deliberate distortions would be dealt with by public canings on the bare bottom.
The left would like to have Singaporian justice would they? How do the Singapore police deal with those who protest government policy? Do they tolerate editorials that contradict their founding documents or the rulings of their highest court?