Tossing It Out

Monday, January 14, 2013

If They Take Away Our Guns, Then What?

PART 2:

Summer's End. Lexington Green, 11 September 2002. Photo taken in Minute Man National Historical Park. Sculpture : "Minuteman" by sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson (1863-1947), dedicated April 19, 1900. Erected 1899 : SIRIS (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I'm sure that many of you are getting sick and tired of the gun control issue, but since it's going to continue to be in the news and a topic of many posts on other blogs I thought I'd wrap up my discussion that began on my previous post. I encourage you to check out that post if you missed it and be sure to read through the comments. There were some very good points made on both sides. My commenters are some of the best.

In today's post I must admit to being a bit lazy as well as a bit haphazard. The information to follow is an excerpt from one of those forwarded emails of dubious origin. These "facts" sound credible in some cases and possible in others. I researched some of these tidbits without spending hours to do so and as with any internet search of controversial topics I found a plethora of evidence proving as well as debunking these. Let's face it, sometimes the internet is totally wacky.

To preserve my own credibility I will neither say yea nor nay to any of these, but I do believe if not true there is a semblance of truth to all of these. This piece may have originated with Paul Harvey on Monday, November 6, 2000 according to some sources. For those of you who accept Snopes.com as the gospel of fact-checking, they have not yet determined the veracity of the information. I invite you to tell us what you know about these "facts" or provide other similar examples.

Some Facts on Gun Control

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.

In 1911, Turkey established gun control.. From 1915 to 1917,
1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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.

China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952,
20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated

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.

Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated’ people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.

So what do you think?

What Others Have Been Saying:

If you are interested in reading some other opinions from bloggers, here are a few to check out:

Matt Conlon did a good post on the topic of gun control at Gun Control Is Being Able to Hit Your Target.

Andrew Leon looks at the other side of the argument at Strange Pegs.

Larry Cavanaugh also tackles the topic at Discconnected

Chuck has his say at Apocalypse Now.

Stephen T McCarthy has also done his own post on the topic at Ferret Faced Fascist Friends.