SK: Again, by 1938, “the vast majority of Germans” had been cowed into silence by the Nazi security apparatus, including rank-and-file police (who, if they weren’t Party members, knew enough to keep their mouths shut and follow the script) and the Gestapo.

So, to make the assertion that Hitler expanded gun rights, is correct in theory, but false in application. The “vast majority”of “Good Germans” knew enough about Hitler and the Nazi Party by 1938 to not ask questions and go along with what was happening, including events like Kristallnacht.

In essence, you’re rebutting your own argument with the implicit recognition that, by the time of Kristallnacht, the will of the people had been effectively broken, expanded gun laws or no. Yes, Hitler did expand gun laws, but, in point of fact, it was largely to consolidate power behind NASDP and also to strip non-“citizens” (and this was not just limited to Jews) and other enemies of the very rights it purported to expand.