Originally Posted By: Mein Kampf
The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.


Now wave your tinfoil hat at this all you like, but if history has proven anything to be absolutely true, it is that people that don't learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them.

Now, it has become popular for people to point fingers at and demonize the gun control put in place in Nazi Germany, but many people get it badly wrong. Just as egregious though are the people that defend Nazi Germany's gun control laws by saying things like they "actually facilitated the keeping and bearing of arms by German citizens by eliminating or ameliorating restrictive laws which had been enacted by the government preceding his: a left-center government which had contained a number of Jews." While this statement appears true on the surface, all you have to do is actually read the highlights of the 1938 German Weapons Act and then see what followed to know exactly why many people in the U.S. (should) fear such regulations.

Yes, the 1938 Act did make it easier for German citizens to own firearms, especially long arms, compared to how difficult it was in the 1920's, but it still placed heavy restrictions on the purchase, sale, manufacturing, and ownership of said firearms. As well, it specifically exempted "trusted" party members and government workers. Once the act was revised to disarm the Jews, it became very clear what the goal was. And if you need to know what happened the very next day, go ahead and read about Kristallnacht.

So, if you want to let the murder of these children, which was a tragedy, be the catalyst that sparks the government into sweeping gun regulation or outright bans, so be it. Just beware that you are doing exactly what history warns us never to do.