Hatred + Government + Disarmed Civilians = Genocide

All of the ten major tyrannical regimes of the twentieth century and beyond confiscated the weapons of the populations they planned to murder or terrorize en masse.

The ten regimes are listed below:

  • Ottoman Turkey
  • USSR
  • Nazi Germany
  • China
  • Guatemala
  • Uganda
  • Cambodia
  • Rwanda
  • Yugoslavia (the former)
  • Sudan.

Of the ten regimes, not one announced its intentions to its victims.  All the victims were deliberately fed disinformation until the last minute in order to preclude resistance.

“When gun prohibitionists quote a statistic about how many people are killed by firearms misuse, the discussion sometimes bogs down into whose crime statistics to believe and how to count crimes vs. the defensive firearm uses,” says JPFO.org

In the 20th Century:

  • Governments murdered four times as many civilians as were killed in all the international and domestic wars combined.
  • Governments murdered millions more people than were killed by common criminals. 

How could governments kill so many people? 

The governments had the power - and the people - the victims - were unable to resist. The victims were unarmed:

The Genocide Chart © JPFO.org 2002Government

Dates

Targets

Civilians Killed

  "Gun Control" Laws  

 Features of Over-all "Gun Control" scheme 

Ottoman Turkey1915-1917Armenians
(mostly Christians)1-1.5 millionArt. 166, Pen. Code, 1866
& 1911 Proclamation, 1915• Permits required •Government list of owners
•Ban on possessionSoviet Union1929-1945Political opponents;
farming communities20 millionResolutions, 1918
Decree, July 12, 1920
Art. 59 & 182, Pen. code, 1926•Licensing of owners
•Ban on possession
•Severe penaltiesNazi Germany
& Occupied Europe1933-1945Political opponents;
Jews; Gypsies;
critics; "examples"20 millionLaw on Firearms & Ammun., 1928
Weapon Law, March 18, 1938
Regulations against Jews, 1938•Registration & Licensing
•Stricter handgun laws
•Ban on possessionChina, Nationalist1927-1949Political opponents;
army conscripts; others10 millionArt. 205, Crim. Code, 1914
Art. 186-87, Crim. Code, 1935•Government permit system
•Ban on private ownershipChina, Red1949-1952
1957-1960
1966-1976Political opponents;
Rural populations
Enemies of the state20-35 millionAct of Feb. 20, 1951
Act of Oct. 22, 1957•Prison or death to "counter-revolutionary criminals" and anyone resisting any government program
•Death penalty for supply guns to such "criminals"Guatemala1960-1981Mayans & other Indians;
political enemies100,000-
200,000Decree 36, Nov 25 •Act of 1932
Decree 386, 1947
Decree 283, 1964•Register guns & owners •Licensing with high fees
•Prohibit carrying guns
•Bans on guns, sharp tools
•Confiscation powersUganda1971-1979Christians
Political enemies300,000Firearms Ordinance, 1955
Firearms Act, 1970•Register all guns & owners •Licenses for transactions
•Warrantless searches •Confiscation powersCambodia
(Khmer Rouge)1975-1979Educated Persons;
Political enemies2 millionArt. 322-328, Penal Code
Royal Ordinance 55, 1938•Licenses for guns, owners, ammunition & transactions
•Photo ID with fingerprints
•License inspected quarterlyRwanda1994Tutsi people800,000Decree-Law No. 12, 1979•Register guns, owners, ammunition •Owners must justify need •Concealable guns illegal •Confiscating powers

From the JPFO website.