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Did Hitler ban gun ownership? 16-Jun-2000 Dear Straight Dope: I've seen references to, and bumper stickers stating, that Hitler took all the guns away from law abiding Germans in 1936. The inference is that this led to the disarming of the populace and its fall into a dictatorship. I've read extensively about the Third Reich and have never seen a mention of this. Did he effect total gun control in Germany, or is this a bit of modern fiction to lend weight to the gun-lover crowd? --John Greenwood, Jacksonville, Florida SDSTAFF DavidB replies: The quote you are talking about ...

Dear Cecil: Some people believe that wearing a tinfoil helmet will protect them from mind control rays (or other forms of secret coercion). But if their intent is to create a "Faraday cage" to protect the brain from intrusive electromagnetic rays, wouldn't it be more effective to use something a little more solid--say, an infantry helmet? And even then, wouldn't it have to be grounded to work? Admittedly, looking for logical consistency in a conspiracy theory isn't the wisest thing in the world, but usually they have a semblance of internal coherence. --L. Hammer, Tucson, Arizona Cecil replies: A lot ...

Gunning for firearms control © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com Bill Bradley threw the bogus figure around all the time during his failed presidential primary jog and no one called him on it. TV, newspapers and gun-shy liberal commentators know and chant the figure by heart. It's a tragic, stomach-turning number that is repeated constantly during America's escalating war on guns: 13 of our country's precious children die each day from gun violence. Sometimes, when it's coming from the likes of the Children's Defense Fund, the number rises to 16 a day. But as Dave Kopel bluntly points out in the gun-hugging ...

Press Release AAP ADDRESSES FIREARM-RELATED INJURIES INVOLVING CHILDREN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below is a a news release of a policy statement published in the April issue of Pediatrics, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP will release this updated policy at a news conference at 1 p.m. (ET), Monday, April 3, 2000 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. For Release: April 3, 2000, 1:00 p.m. (ET) WASHINGTON, D.C. - An updated policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly stresses that the most effective measure to prevent firearm-related injuries to children and ...

Anyone else catch John Podesta, Clinton Chief of Staff, on "This Week" claiming he had not heard of the article that claimed the China embassy was bombed on purpose? No one challenged this outright lie.

Here is a ammedment to (S.254). It make all magazines of more that 10 round illegal. SEC. 505. DEFINITION OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE. Section 921(a)(31) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking `manufactured after the date of enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994'. FEINSTEIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 343 (Senate - May 13, 1999) Please contact you Senator about this right now! S.254 Must not pass.

Poll on Biography Web site is "Do you support Charlton Heston's, and the NRA's, stance on gun laws?" It's on the bottom left of the page at www.Biography.com