If anyone has a date and a good source for this quote, let me know. Its on dozens of news sites but I don’t see a time/date associated with it.
Pointing out that the talking points about Hitler and gun control are mostly wrong is the same as holocaust denial?
As it turns out, the Weimar Republic, the German government that immediately preceded Hitler’s, actually had tougher gun laws than the Nazi regime. After its defeat in World War I, and agreeing to the harsh surrender terms laid out in the Treaty of Versailles, the German legislature in 1919 passed a law that effectively banned all private firearm possession, leading the government to confiscate guns already in circulation. In 1928, the Reichstag relaxed the regulation a bit, but put in place a strict registration regime that required citizens to acquire separate permits to own guns, sell them or carry them. The 1938 law signed by Hitler that LaPierre mentions in his book basically does the opposite of what he says it did. “The 1938 revisions completely deregulated the acquisition and transfer of rifles and shotguns, as well as ammunition,” Harcourt wrote. Meanwhile, many more categories of people, including Nazi party members, were exempted from gun ownership regulations altogether, while the legal age of purchase was lowered from 20 to 18, and permit lengths were extended from one year to three years.
Worth a read.
Everyone was allowed guns!
EXCEPT FOR JEWS!
Are we really going to start denying that the holocaust happened?
Pointing out that the talking points about Hitler and gun control are mostly wrong is the same as holocaust denial?
Look at the timeline again. The gun ban predates Hitler. Stating that Hitler came to power then took away all the guns is just wrong. Likewise, when the gun ownership was expanded to everyone but Jews, Hitler was already in power.
Nothing in the article denies the holocaust. Why do you feel the need to make that claim?
The Hitler gun control lie
As it turns out, the Weimar Republic, the German government that immediately preceded Hitler’s, actually had tougher gun laws than the Nazi regime. After its defeat in World War I, and agreeing to the harsh surrender terms laid out in the Treaty of Versailles, the German legislature in 1919 passed a law that effectively banned all private firearm possession, leading the government to confiscate guns already in circulation. In 1928, the Reichstag relaxed the regulation a bit, but put in place a strict registration regime that required citizens to acquire separate permits to own guns, sell them or carry them. The 1938 law signed by Hitler that LaPierre mentions in his book basically does the opposite of what he says it did. “The 1938 revisions completely deregulated the acquisition and transfer of rifles and shotguns, as well as ammunition,” Harcourt wrote. Meanwhile, many more categories of people, including Nazi party members, were exempted from gun ownership regulations altogether, while the legal age of purchase was lowered from 20 to 18, and permit lengths were extended from one year to three years.
Worth a read.
Calculated Risk: The California Budget Surplus
Calculated Risk: The California Budget Surplus
So are the people who blamed liberals for the budget crisis, which was mostly driven by the length and depth of the recession now going to the praise Brown and the liberal majorities in the state for the structural reforms which put the state in surplus? Not going to hold my breath.
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(via Send Slate your design for the economy-saving $1 trillion platinum coin. – Slate Magazine)
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we have a situation in which a terrorist may be about to walk into a crowded room and threaten to blow up a bomb he’s holding. It turns out, however, that the Secret Service has figured out a way to disarm this maniac — a way that for some reason will require that the Secretary… Continue reading Untitled
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Should President Obama be willing to print a $1 trillion platinum coin if Republicans try to force America into default? Yes, absolutely. He will, after all, be faced with a choice between two alternatives: one that’s silly but benign, the other that’s equally silly but both vile and disastrous. The decision should be obvious. Be… Continue reading Untitled
New York Post Helps NYPD Slander Occupy Wall Street (Again)
New York Post Helps NYPD Slander Occupy Wall Street (Again)
No political writings were discovered, and Kelly said the investigation was continuing into whether the couple had any larger plans or ties to any radical groups.
It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time that the Post – and more specifically, Schram, one of its top cop reporters – has been a conduit for vaguely sourced and ultimately baseless police claims linking scary high-profile crimes to Occupy Wall Street.
The right is desperate to slander OWS, What else is new.
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They [Republicans] say that their biggest priority is making sure that we deal with the deficit in a serious way, but the way they’re behaving is that their only priority is making sure that tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans are protected,” he (Obama) said. “That seems to be their only overriding, unifying theme. Is… Continue reading Untitled
Why the ‘More Guns’ Argument Doesn’t Make Sense
Why the ‘More Guns’ Argument Doesn’t Make Sense
Last August, two New York police officers fired 16 rounds in an altercation with an armed man outside the Empire State Building. Ten people were hit – the gunman and nine bystanders. Does anyone think armed civilians without training would do better?