The History Of Gun Control

Innocents Betrayed - The History of Gun Control

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana

The History of Gun Control (1915-1980)

PERPETRATOR GOVERNMENT	DATE	TARGET	# MURDERED (ESTIMATED)	DATE OF GUN CONTROL LAW	SOURCE DOCUMENT
Ottoman Turkey	1915-1917	Armenians	1-1.5 million	1886 1911	Art. 166, Penal Code Art. 166 Penal Code
Soviet Union	1929-1953	Anti-Communists Anti-Stalinists	20 million	1929	Art. 182 Penal Code
Nazi Germany & Occupied Europe	1933-1945	Jews, Gypsies, Anti-Nazis	13 million	1928 1938	Law on Firearms & Ammunition, April 12 Weapons Law, March 18
China	1949-1952 1957-1960 1966-1976	Anti-Communists Rural Populations Pro-Reform Group	20 million	1935 1957	Arts. 186-7, Penal Code Art. 9, Security Law, Oct. 22
Guatemala	1960-1981	Maya Indians	100,000	1871 1964	Decree 36, Nov 25 Decree 283, Oct 27
Uganda	1971-1979	Christians Political Rivals	300,000	1955 1970	Firearms Ordinance Firearms Act
Cambodia	1975-1979	Educated Persons	1 million	1956	Arts. 322-8, Penal Code

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