>This is everywhere on the internet, so I won't posting a link. It seems to resurface every now and then and right now it is being passed around again. I did try to look at stats to validate any of it but it appears that stats are twisted for both sides so I posted some of the links at the end. It would be nice if someone out there would take the time to truly address each item.
>

I guess we are to simply forget about all the other countries (most of the world?) that have long-established gun control yet have not suffered these catastrophes? There are 7 catastrophes listed. Seems to me that there was also genocide in Somalia, Rwanda and Darfur. I guess they didn't have gun control... so they don't figure in the horrors?

Do Americans really think that no (real) gun control will save them from one of the fates enumerated below???
What is that 'well regulated militia' of your Second Amendment?... I would have guessed that your armed forces is it, myself. Wasn't there some self-declared "militia" several years ago that was forcibly disbanded by the federal government?




>In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953,
>about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up
>and exterminated.
>------------------------------
>In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 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, a total of
>13 million Jews 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.
>-----------------------------
>Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because
>of gun control: 56 million.
>------------------------------
>It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new
>law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own
>government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million
>dollars. The first year results are now in:
>
>List of 7 items:
>Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent
>Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent
>Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
>
>In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300
>percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the
>criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
>
>While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed
>robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12
>months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
>
>There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the
>ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety
>has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in
>successfully ridding Australian society of guns The Australian experience
>and the other historical facts above prove it.
>
>
>*****************************************************************************
>Ok, now some stats:
>
>http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp
>http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/04/what_about_the_.html
>http://www.gunsandcrime.org/auresult.html
>http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2002-11-11-edit-oppose_x.htm
>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article2409817.ece
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Australia
>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15304
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States
>http://www.gun-control-network.org/GF01.htm
>http://www.guncontrol.ca/Content/international.html
>http://www.gunowners.org/sk0703.htm
>http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp
>
>“Ideas are more dangerous than guns. We don’t let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?” –Josef Stalin