The 2nd Amendment will continually come under attack each time there is a shooting outside of our inner-city hellholes. Remove the most crime-infested cities and America is one of the safest countries on earth. It is amazing that we never talk about this when it comes to guns. It isn’t the guns, it is the people. There are over 400 Million legally owned guns in America. In that context, 99.999% of all Americans who own guns never hurt or kill anyone. So, rather than punish law-abiding citizens how about taking out the criminals and caring for the mentally ill?

While it is tragic when anyone is murdered or injured by a gun, knife, truck, or stone, the number of people killed in countries that banned firearms or enacted gun control measures is much worse. The first act of all horrific examples of large-scale murder and genocide starts with enacting measures that disarm the population. Consider these few examples from the last century:

Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge

Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge killed between 1.5 and 3 million people during their rule of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. This number includes people who were executed, died from starvation or were worked to death. The Khmer Rouge was a brutal regime that sought to create an agrarian utopia by eliminating all traces of modern life. They forced people to work in labor camps, where they were often subjected to torture and execution. The Khmer Rouge also killed intellectuals, religious leaders, and anyone else they considered to be a threat to their regime. The Cambodian genocide was one of the worst mass killings in history, and it left a lasting legacy of trauma and suffering in Cambodia.

Yes, Pol Pot confiscated firearms from the Cambodian people soon after taking power in 1975. He believed that private ownership of firearms was a threat to his regime, and he wanted to ensure that the only people with guns were the Khmer Rouge.

The confiscation of firearms was met with resistance from some Cambodians, but it was ultimately successful. The Khmer Rouge was able to disarm the population and consolidate its power. The confiscation of firearms was a major turning point in Cambodian history, and it helped to pave the way for the Khmer Rouge’s genocide.

Joseph Stalin

The number of people killed by Joseph Stalin is difficult to estimate, but it is likely in the millions. Some historians estimate that Stalin was responsible for the deaths of up to 20 million people, while others put the number closer to 6 million.

Yes, Joseph Stalin did confiscate weapons. In 1929, he ordered the confiscation of all privately owned firearms in the Soviet Union. This was part of a larger effort to consolidate his power and to prevent potential opposition. The confiscation was carried out by the OGPU, the Soviet secret police, and it was met with resistance in some parts of the country. However, it was ultimately successful, and it left the Soviet people largely unarmed.

Mao Zedong

The number of people killed during Mao Zedong’s rule in China is a highly debated and controversial topic among historians and scholars. The estimates vary widely, but many scholars believe that Mao Zedong was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people.

The Great Leap Forward, a massive industrialization campaign launched in 1958, led to widespread famine and is estimated to have caused the deaths of between 15 and 45 million people. The Cultural Revolution, which began in 1966, resulted in widespread persecution and violence and is estimated to have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people.

Yes, Mao Zedong did confiscate firearms. In 1949, after the Chinese Civil War, Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power in China. The CCP instituted a number of policies, including gun control, in order to consolidate its power.

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler, as the leader of Nazi Germany, was responsible for the deaths of millions of people during World War II, including six million Jews in the Holocaust. The exact number of people killed under his regime is difficult to determine, but it is estimated that approximately 11 million people. In addition to the Holocaust, Hitler’s regime also oversaw the deaths of millions of civilians and soldiers during the war. The total death toll of World War II is estimated to be between 70 and 85 million people.

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime did enact gun control measures in Germany after they came to power in 1933, but they also made it easier for certain groups, such as members of the Nazi party and their supporters, to obtain firearms.

In 1938, the Nazi government passed the Weapons Act, which required all firearms to be registered and restricted the ownership of certain types of firearms, such as pistols and military-style rifles. This law also banned Jews and other “undesirables” from owning firearms altogether.