Friday, July 17, 2009

Because, of course, only government minions can be

trusted with arms.
In the last article, reader “Alex” commented:
“Obviously it is time to repeal the second amendment because of all the bloodshed it has caused.”

...
I used to agree with “Alex.” Then, during my initial 3+ years of research, I discovered, and corresponded with, Rudy Rummel, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Hawaii. He has published over 20 books and been published over 100 times in professional journals. His university website addresses the above issue.

Here is a partial list of countries that, in the 20th century, carried out government-sponsored mass murder, termed “democide” by Professor Rudy Rummel: People’s Republic of China (76.7 million murdered); Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (61.9 million); and Nazi Germany (21 million). Other countries listed by Professor Rummel include: Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Yugoslavia, et al, resulting in another 13 million murdered by their own governments. Other homicidal countries included Imperial Japan (World War II) and Turkey (1.9 million), who murdered mostly ‘others’ in the name of racial purity and territorial conquest. All told, Rummel estimates that 262 million people were slaughtered by homicidal governments during the 20th Century alone. These numbers are beyond comprehension, as Professor Rummel explains:

He ends with
Don’t like Jews or Catholics? Hitler disarmed them and then murdered millions in concentration camps, along with Gypsies, homosexuals, etc.

Hate Christians? After Uganda banned guns, 300,000 were rounded up and murdered.
Don’t like “smart” people? After banning guns, Cambodia rounded up and murdered over one million of them.

Hate people who disagree with you? After the Soviet Union established gun control, over 20 million dissidents were rounded up and killed.

By comparison, the Second Amendment has actually saved millions of lives. It also protects your right to religious freedom, your pursuit of happiness, and your opportunity for upward mobility. It raises the cost for thugs who want you rounded up and murdered.

It also shows that anybody who is against the civil right of self-defense is a person who hates your life, liberty, and happiness.

Why would you want to be disarmed before such a person?

4 comments:

James R. Rummel said...

Prof. Rummel is, sadly, not a relation of mine.

Just thought I'd get that out there in case there was any confusion.

Keith said...

I'll have to have a look at Rummel's site.

I'd be careful about counting the various socialist's (national and marxist varieties) figures down to single figure millions though. I gather that the figures for the maoists in China have an error margin of plus or minus about 15 to 20 million.

But sure, they were all done with the right intentions, weren't they?

Keith said...

Oh yes, there is also the current Fienna Failure Govt here in Ireland recently re codifying the 17th century Penal Laws denying Irish Catholics the right to bear arms...

Obviously they agree with the Putitans that the Irish are congenitally unsuited to any sort of responsibility....

K said...

ps

Fienne Fail:
Constitutional nationalist socialists

ironically they were the most liberty orientated of the major parties here