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5 Examples Of Why You Should Never Give Up Your Gun Rights
IWB ^ | Daniel Carter

Posted on 10/20/2017 1:06:44 PM PDT by davikkm

Whenever a horrific mass shooting occurs like the one in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, many on the left become verbose in their insistence on tougher gun laws. Even though the gunman violated the gun laws already in place, the left still wants to add more laws. Even though violent acts are committed every day without guns, the left still wants more gun laws. Even though they despise the police force, they still want the police to be the only ones with firearms. This article will go over 5 examples of why you must never be fooled by the anti-gun rhetoric.

Idi Amin’s Reign of Terror In Uganda

In 1970, Uganda passed the Firearms Act which banned the purchase and ownership of firearms and ammunition. One year later, a terrible dictator named Idi Amin seized power of the Ugandan government. The country was about 60% Christian and 6% Muslim at the time, but Amin wanted Uganda to be strictly a Muslim nation. Shortly after his rise to power, Amin ordered the execution of both Protestants and Catholics that lived in Uganda. After 9 years of brutality, Amin’s regime killed up to 500,000 people, which were mostly Christians. Had they not given up guns a year before the dictatorship came to power, they could have put up resistance to Amin’s tyranny.

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1 posted on 10/20/2017 1:06:44 PM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

for later read


2 posted on 10/20/2017 1:13:08 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: davikkm

As long as there is government of any type We the People should never disarm.....voluntarily.


3 posted on 10/20/2017 1:15:50 PM PDT by ealgeone
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“As long as there is government of any type We the People should never disarm.....voluntarily.”

As long as there are democrats.


4 posted on 10/20/2017 1:20:34 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: davikkm

In no particular order:

1) The UniParty
2) The U N.
3) Islam
4) Collectivism
5) Statism


5 posted on 10/20/2017 1:24:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: davikkm
I'll add one: Rwanda.

Bring a machete to a massacre and you have a massacre. Bring a machete to a gunfight, not so much.

6 posted on 10/20/2017 1:25:45 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: davikkm; Whenifhow; GregNH; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; White Bear; ...

give this to the snowflakes..


7 posted on 10/20/2017 1:32:23 PM PDT by bitt (press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally)
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To: davikkm; Whenifhow; GregNH; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; White Bear; ...

give this to the snowflakes..


8 posted on 10/20/2017 1:32:43 PM PDT by bitt (press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally)
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To: davikkm

Bookmarked.


9 posted on 10/20/2017 1:33:22 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Billthedrill

That scene right there exemplifies why We the People need automatic weapons.


10 posted on 10/20/2017 1:37:42 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: davikkm

Here’s the summary:

“If someone wants to take your guns away, it’s because they want to do something to you that you won’t let them do if you still have your guns.”

- Wayne Allen Root?


11 posted on 10/20/2017 1:39:35 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: davikkm

Preaching to the choir.


12 posted on 10/20/2017 1:42:09 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Charlottesville PD Motto- When things get rough, we get gone!)
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To: DuncanWaring

Great quote.


13 posted on 10/20/2017 2:06:35 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: ealgeone

Honestly, I wouldn’t suddenly decide to become unarmed if there was no government of any type either.


14 posted on 10/20/2017 2:31:05 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: davikkm; All

This guy never participates here , when he does occasionally reply, he replies to himself.

I’ll pass on clicking his blog.


15 posted on 10/20/2017 2:37:11 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: MileHi; humblegunner

Thanks for the heads up about this user of FR for his own ends.


16 posted on 10/20/2017 3:42:12 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: ealgeone
As long as there is government of any type We the People should never disarm.....voluntarily.

As long as there is government of any type We the People should never disarm.....EVER!

There, corrected it. μολὼν λαβέ

17 posted on 10/20/2017 3:51:17 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea ((I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders))
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To: metmom

Sure. I’m not the first to notice.


18 posted on 10/20/2017 4:00:49 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: davikkm

From the article, the other 4 reasons:

Armenian Genocide

Over one hundred years ago, the Ottoman Empire exterminated over 1 million Armenian people in only two years. The Ottoman Empire saw to it that the Armenians were defenseless. In 1901, a British traveler named H. F. B. Lynch wrote that the Armenians were “rigorously prohibited from possessing firearms.” If they had the means to protect themselves, the Ottoman Empire would have found it extremely difficult to kill that many people in such a short amount of time.

The Holocaust

Almost everyone on earth knows at least some of the details behind Adolf Hitler’s mass slaughter of over 6 million Jews. However, not everyone knows that Hitler made sure that the Jews were disarmed before he started the heinous acts. In 1938, the Nazis passed legislation called Regulations Against Jews’ Possession of Weapons, which effectively disarmed the Jews. Several years later, one of the worst acts of violence had been committed, and of course, the people who suffered were defenseless.

Communism’s Record Setting Murder Spree

Guns were common in Russia until communist dictator Joseph Stalin took power. They were used for most often for hunting. Both sides of the civil war (Communists and Royalists) found them essential for self-determination. Once Stalin took power, he decided that to maintain that power he better disarm his citizens. What followed was possibly the worst genocide of all time. I say “possibly” because another communist, Mao Zedong, may have topped it. Mao did what most dictators do before a mass killing spree and banned firearms. Together, Mao and Stalin killed an estimated 100 million people. They could have not gotten away with such terrible acts if the victims were armed.

Libyan Disarmament

This example doesn’t deal with personal firearms but is still a great modern example of why not to trust authority when it comes to your right to defend yourself. In 2003, Libya made an agreement with the US to give up all of its biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. In 2011, with Libya relatively defenseless, the US led a coup to kill Gaddafi and overthrow his government. For the sake of self-preservation, Libya should have kept its means to protect itself. This lesson was learned by North Korea, which is why they refuse to give up their nuclear program now.

There are many past examples of why you should not let governments take away your firearms, and I’m sure there will be many more examples in the future. Let’s hope enough Americans understand how important the right to bear arms truly is. You have a right to life and a right to preserve your life how you see fit. Tyrants are always lurking in the shadows eager to deprive you of your life, liberty and property. Stay armed and willing to protect your rights and the rights of those you love.


19 posted on 10/20/2017 5:21:21 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: MileHi

Post the rest of it, as soon as possible.

Then ping to the post you just posted.


20 posted on 10/20/2017 5:22:38 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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