In Switzerland, every draft-age male is required to maintain a firearm
in his home, yet the Swiss murder rate is only 15 percent of the U.S.
rate.  Israel, which has the most heavily armed populace, has a
negligible crime rate.

But the record of strict gun regulations in other countries is quite
dismal.

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953,
about 20 million dissidents were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5
million Armenians were exterminated.

Germany established gun control in 1938. and from 1939 to 1945 13
million Jews and others were exterminated.

China established gun control in 1935; from 1948 to 1952, 20 million
political dissidents were exterminated.

Guatemala established gun control in 1964, and from 1964 to 1981,
100,000 Mayan Indians were exterminated.

Uganda established gun control in 1970 - from 1971 to 1979, 300,000
people were exterminated.

Cambodia established gun control in 1956, and from 1975 to 1977 one
million educated people were exterminated.

In a more recent example, the British Broadcasting Company reported on
May 10, 2000, that the United Nations convinced the people of Sierra
Leone to turn in their private weapons for UN protection during the
recent civil war. The result was disastrous. The people ended up
defenseless when UN troops, unable to protect even themselves, were
taken hostage by rebels moving on the capital of Freetown.

Estimates run as high as 56 million people who have been exterminated
in the 20th century because gun control left them defenseless.

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