Gun Control History Particularly Russia and Germany and Some Other Tidbits
I got to wondering about gun control prior to the Bolshevik revolution in Czarist Russia and in Germany prior to the Nazis. My research took me to a few places and I concentrated on Russia. I think the Obama administration has much more in common with the Bolsheviks.
Dave Kopel had some information - http://www.davekopel.com/2a/lawrev/lethal.htm
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The first Soviet gun controls were imposed during the
Russian Civil War, as Czarists, Western troops, and national independence movements battled the central Red regime. Firearm registration was introduced on April 1, 1918.
[13] On August 30,
Fanny Kaplan supposedly wounded
Lenin during an assassination attempt; the attempted assassination spurred a nationwide reign of terror.
[14] In October 1918, the Council of People's Commissars (the government) ordered the surrender of all firearms, ammunition, and sabres.
[15] As has been the case in almost every nation where firearms registration has been introduced, registration proved a prelude to confiscation. Exempt from the confiscation order, however, were members of the Communist Party.
[16] A 1920 decree imposed a mandatory minimum penalty of six months in prison for (non-Communist) possession of a firearm, even where there was no criminal intent.
[17]
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The major German gun control law (which was not replaced by the Nazis until 1938) was enacted by a center-right government in 1928.
[24] The law required a permit to acquire a gun or ammunition and a permit to carry a firearm. Firearm and ammunition dealers were required to obtain permits to sell and to keep a register of their sales. Also, persons who owned guns that did not have a serial number were ordered to have the dealer or manufacturer stamp a serial number on them. Permits to acquire guns and ammunition were to be granted only to persons of "undoubted reliability,"
[25] and carry permits were to be given "only if a demonstration of need is set forth."
[26] Apparently police discretion cut very heavily against permit applicants. For example, in the town of Northeim, only nine hunting permits were issued to a population of 10,000 people.
[27]
Some history on Trotsky - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUStrotsky.htm -
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After two years in
Siberia Trotsky managed to escape and eventually reached Vienna where he joined forces with
Adolf Joffe to publish the journal,
Pravda
I just found this interesting that Pravda (Truth) was the name of one of the Soviet Union "news" organs until the fall. The other was Izvestia (News). (In the Truth there is no news, and in the News there is no truth ) - very similar to our state run "news" organs.
Some history on Lenin - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSlenin.htm
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Lenin now lost control of
Iskra and therefore launched his own newspaper,
Vperyod (Forward).
I found this interesting because of the Obama administrations use of the slogan "Forward" - http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/...ism-socialism/
Do you see any similarities between the policies you read about here and the policies of the communists (D) here in Colorado and nationwide?
Do you think that one of the reasons Lenin and Hitler had such an easy time taking control of these Russia and Germany respectively was because of previous regimes gun control policies? There are many people on this board working to make sure future Americans have the same rights we have enjoyed.
