[quote=ucodegen][quote=enron_by_the_sea]My conclusion: Liberty comes from culture, not from the barrel of a gun![/quote]History disagrees with you.. as well as Mao Zedong..
political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. – Mao Zedong
The Nazi(s) in Germany instituted strict gun control before they started to purge the Jews. When the populace found out what was happening, they could no longer oppose Hitler. Beside, initially everything was “good” for the Germans under Hitler.. except for the Jews which were completely banned from owning firearms.
There are several more examples of where strict gun control was instituted.. and short, within 10 to 20 years, a despot gains power and the people are not able to stop them.
History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected peoples to carry arms have prepared their own fall. – Adolf Hitler
Our main agenda is to have ALL guns banned. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn’t matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed. – Sarah Brady
Note: On this last one, there are claims that the statement is not true.. but remember that Sarah Brady is associated with the Brady Center, and has taken no effort to refute it. There are other quotes from her along the same lines.[/quote]
So are you trying to say that Chinese people before Mao or Jewish-German people before the time of Hitler were the societies where semi-automatic guns were freely available and universally owned?
If not, how should I then conclude that loss of semi-automatic weapons leads to loss of liberty? In reality there are 100 other things that could have gone on too.
Just because Mao and Hitler said something, should it make it true?
Sarah Brady might have agenda to ban all guns, but I am not Sarah Brady! If you read what I said before, I am not talking about that. I am asking why this NRA’s love with semi-automatic weapons & high capacity magazines, allergy to registry or any notion of liability for anyone?
