Down through history, governments have disarmed their citizens only to tyrannize those citizens once they were disarmed.

The following chart documents just a few examples from recent history where "gun control" laws were enacted and then tyranny by the government proceeded.

*Click on a country in the chart in order to learn about what occurred in that country.

 

GOVERNMENT GENOCIDE CAMPAIGNS AND THE
"GUN CONTROL" LAWS THAT HELPED SLAUGHTER
56 MILLION PEOPLE

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

* The law(s) mentioned are part of an older/or wider body of law on and regulation of private firearms ownership
** For a complete translation of these laws, including regulations specifically banning Jews from owning any weapons and a side-by-side comparison of the Nazi Weapons Law with the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968, see "Gun Control": Gateway to Tyranny, J.E. Simkin & A. Zelman, 1992; available from JPFO