Re: Gun control doesn't work--so what?

"Woodard R. Springstube" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Melissa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> > Steve Hix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  doth
> > postedeth:
> >
> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >>  Mike Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Time for my quotes file to make an appearance:
> >>>
> >>> "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a
> >>> civilised nation has full gun control. Our streets will
> >>> be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will
> >>> follow our lead into the future."
> >>>
> >>> Adolf Hitler, 1935
> >>
> >> Sorry, bogus quote.
> >>
> >> At the very least, nobody has been able to show the source
> >> for the quote.
> >
> > Here are real ones:
> >
> > The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to
> > permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History
> > teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject
> > races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by
> > doing so. - Adolf Hitler, April 11, 1942
> >
> > "Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the
> > SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having
> > guns doesn't serve the State." - Heinrich Himmler 1935
> >
> >
>
> Those quotes are better than the bogus one.  They expose the
> mentality of the gun grabbers very well.  IMHO, the only
> reason why a government won't trust its citizens with arms is
> that they intend to do something to their citizens that would
> provoke a rebellion if the people had the means.  Or, maybe,
> they just want the citizens disarmed "just in case".

> > "Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the
> > SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having
> > guns doesn't serve the State." - Heinrich Himmler 1935
> >
> >
So, THAT'S where Wesley Clark got it. Might have known. His kind are far
from original thinkers.

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