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Are you considering backing gun control laws? Do you think
that because you may not own a gun, the rights guaranteed by the Second
Amendment don't matter? CONSIDER;
In 1929 the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953,
approximately 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were
rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915-1917, 1.5 million
Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million
Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally ill, and others, who were unable
to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million
political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.
Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000
Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000
Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one
million "educated" people, unable to defend themselves, were
rounded up and exterminated.
That places total victims who lost
their lives because of gun control at approximately 56 million
in the last century. Since we should learn from the mistakes of
history, the next time someone talks in favor of gun control,
find out which group of citizens they wish to have exterminated.
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were
forced to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed, a
program costing the government more than $500 million dollars.
The results Australia-wide; Homicides are up 3.2% Assaults are
up 8 %, Armed robberies are up 44%. In that countries' state of
Victoria, homicides are up 300%.
Over the previous25 years,
figures show a steady decrease in armed robberies and
Australian politicians are on the spot and at a loss to explain
how no improvement in "safety" has been observed after such
monumental effort and expense was successfully expended in
"ridding society of guns."
It's time to state it plainly;
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property
and, yes, gun-control laws only affect law-abiding citizens.
Take action before it's too late, write or call your delegates.
Senators
House of
Representatives
OPINION: Paul Harvey on Guns
Paul Harvey's comment on Columbine High shootings: How can we
blame it all on guns? For the life of me, I can't understand
what could have gone wrong in Littleton, CO. If only the parents
had kept their children away from the guns, we wouldn't have
had such a tragedy.
Yeah, it must have been the guns. It couldn't have been because
half our children are being raised in broken homes. It couldn't
have been because our children get to spend an average of 30
seconds in meaningful conversation with their parents each day.
After all, we give our children quality time. It couldn't have
been because we treat our children as pets and our pets as children.
It couldn't have been because we place our children in day
care centers where they learn their socialization skills among
their peers under the law of the jungle while employees who
have no vested interest in the children look on and make sure
that no blood is spilled.
It couldn't have been because we allow our children to watch,
on the average, seven hours of television a day filled with the
glorification of sex and violence that isn't fit for adult
consumption.
It couldn't have been because we allow our children to enter
into virtual worlds in which, to win the game, one must kill as
many opponents as possible in the most sadistic way possible.
It couldn't have been because we have sterilized and contracepted
our families down to sizes so small that the children we do have
are so spoiled with material things that they come to equate the
receiving of the material with love.
It couldn't have been because our children, who historically
have been seen as a blessing from God, are now being viewed as
either a mistake created when contraception fails or
inconveniences that parents try to raise in their spare time.
It couldn't have been because we give two-year prison
sentences to teenagers who kill their newborns. It couldn't
have been because our school systems teach the children that
they are nothing but glorified apes who have evolutionized
out of some primordial soup of mud by teaching evolution as
fact and by handing out condoms as if they were candy. It
couldn't have been because we teach our children that there
are no laws of morality that transcend us, that everything is
relative and that actions don't have consequences. What the
heck, president Clinton gets away with it.
Nah, it must have been the guns.
Paul Harvey
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