The Hitler gun control lie

[snopes]

The notion that Hitler confiscated everyone’s guns is mostly bogus. And the ancillary claim that Jews could have stopped the Holocaust with more guns doesn’t make any sense at all if you think about it for more than a minute.

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/stop..._about_hitler/

[Skeptic]

“In Germany, Jewish extermination began with the Nazi Weapon Law of 1938, signed by Adolf Hitler.”

Er, no, Jewish extermination, (or at least incarceration) began within weeks of Hitler coming to power in 1933.

[Not_Done_Living]

the thing with this is -- if people stand up and say "This is wrong" then you are technically supporting the Nazis -- you are saying they didn't do "something" wrong -- which means you think they did "nothing" wrong which makes you a sympathizer and therefor, a nazi yourself.

[Gutter Monkey]

People are also saying that Pol Pot, Mussolini and Stalin also imposed gun controls but there's arguments online that this isn't the case either.

Originally Posted by Not_Done_Living

the thing with this is -- if people stand up and say "This is wrong" then you are technically supporting the Nazis -- you are saying they didn't do "something" wrong -- which means you think they did "nothing" wrong which makes you a sympathizer and therefor, a nazi yourself.

Yeah I'm not following your logic here at all.

[GenYus234]

It isn't NDL's logic, but the "logic" of those that use this kind of argument to limit gun control.

[firefighter_raven]

I mentioned in another thread that the National Socialists actually encouraged shooting clubs to open their memberships to people from the lower classes( they were kind of like the restricted country clubs in the US of their day). They sponsored shooting competitions and enacted hunting conservation laws to ensure hunting would be possible in the future. Considering they were preparing the country for war, it makes sense to familiarize as many men as possible with firearms.

[snopes]

Nobody seems to give much attention to the contradictory fact that in order for a tyrannical leader to strip his country's population of firearms that could be used to overthrow him, he has to maintain a large force of guys with guns to enforce the "no guns" rule.

[E. Q. Taft]

Well, this just proves it! If the Weimar Republic - a "DEMOCRACY" like ours -- hadn't so severely restricted guns, then good Germans and Jews could have fought back and kept Hitler from coming to power in the first place!!!!eleventy!!!

....oh, well, except that the Nazi Brownshirt thugs would have severely outnumbered and out-brutalized any who opposed them, pretty much the same as they did anyway. (Hell, the SA wasn't able to defend itself from being wiped out once Hitler decided they'd outlived their usefulness and represented a potential threat to his position.)

In the comments sections to one of the articles, I notice someone still pointing out that the 1938 act kept Jews from owning guns, as if it would have made much of a difference by that point; Hitler was firmly entrenched in power well before that and armed resistance to him would have been suicidal. The only way he might have been deposed is if the army itself had turned on him, but though many officers did flirt with the idea, they didn't really attempt to take action until Germany started losing the war, and it was more in the hopes they could negotiate a surrender that would keep the nation from being completely destroyed (and perhaps even leave Germany some of its territorial gains) than because they were concerned about freedom or the Final Solution.

[GenYus234]

Originally Posted by snopes

Nobody seems to give much attention to the contradictory fact that in order for a tyrannical leader to strip his country's population of firearms that could be used to overthrow him, he has to maintain a large force of guys with guns to enforce the "no guns" rule.

That's why the UN was created, so that future dictators would have access to a body of foreign troops to let them take over the country. Because everyone knows that you're much better off when the armed group that is keeping you in power is composed entirely of people that have no common heritage, culture, or history with you.

[snopes]

Originally Posted by E. Q. Taft

The only way he might have been deposed is if the army itself had turned on him, but though many officers did flirt with the idea, they didn't really attempt to take action until Germany started losing the war

And even then, the bulk of those who tried to overthrow Hitler engaged in plots that involved the use of bombs, not guns (even though guns were readily available to them).

[UEL]

Originally Posted by GenYus234

That's why the UN was created, so that future dictators would have access to a body of foreign troops...you're much better off when the armed group...

I know where you are going here, and find it quite astute an observation into the realm of fantasy.

Just something to chew on, I'm on a mission for a year, and am completely unarmed. Not all UN troops are armed. Many of us are equipped with just binoculars and a radio.

In many cases, that may make us more important.

[Chloe]

Clearly some men don't need a gun to feel all butch and powerful...

[GenYus234]

Sure. All you need is a battery of 155 mm artillery at your command.

[UEL]

Originally Posted by Chloe

Clearly some men don't need a gun to feel all butch and powerful...

Well, it comes with being the only thing stopping tyranny along the blue line.

Originally Posted by GenYus234

Sure. All you need is a battery of 155 mm artillery at your command.

Oh, I wish. The only other thing on the other end of the radio is another unarmed observer.

[snopes]

Originally Posted by UEL

Not all UN troops are armed. Many of us are equipped with just binoculars and a radio.

Well, duh. The UN could hardly pursue its global anti-gun agenda by passing out guns to all its minions.

[Ali Infree]

The guns would just weigh down those black U.N. helicopters.

Seriously UEL, take care of yourself and your comrades! Blessed are the peacemakers.

Ali

[GenYus234]

Blessed are the cheesemakers?

[Skeptic]

Originally Posted by GenYus234

Blessed are the cheesemakers?

Well, I assume he's referring to all dairy producers.