With the deadline to register our "assault weapons" in the State of New York having just passed on April 15, I decided to do a little digging around about the origin of the term "assault weapon." I have found an excellent and informative article regarding "assault weapons" and the on-going effort to control or ban them. You can find this article at www.assaultweapon.info.
What I found most interesting in this article is that you are over 5 TIMES more likely to be murdered with a knife than with a gun - of ANY kind! Does this mean we must ban knives as well? Taking guns away from law-abiding citizens, or having these same citizens register their guns, is not going to stop violent crime. The criminals will find another way. Taking guns away from law-abiding citizens is nothing more or nothing less than infringing upon our Constitutional Right to Bear Arms. And requiring the gun owners of New York State to register their “assault weapons” is the first step in taking those same weapons away.
I urge you to do the research on the horrifying resulting genocide that historically accompanies a Nation that slowly disarms its people, in the name of protecting them. The following statistics were taken from an article posted at the www.commonsenseshow.com , where the author has likened current gun control laws to Hitler’s gun control laws, and in some cases, they are worse!
They are as follows:
“In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915-1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves against their ethnic-cleansing government, were arrested and exterminated.
In 1929, the former Soviet Union established gun control as a means of controlling the “more difficult” of their citizens. From 1929 to the death of Stalin, 20 million Soviets met an untimely end at the hand of various governmental agencies as they were arrested and exterminated.
After the rise of the Nazi’s, Germany established their version of gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally ill, political dissidents and others, who were unable to defend themselves against the “Nazis”, were arrested and exterminated.
After Communist China established gun control in 1935, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves against their fascist leaders, were arrested and exterminated.
Closer to home, Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayans, unable to defend themselves against their ruthless dictatorship, were arrested and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves from their dictatorial government, were arrested and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million of the “educated” people, unable to defend themselves against their fascist government, were arrested and exterminated.”
In this same article, author Dave Hodges, goes on to say, “Thomas Jefferson was very clear in his writings regarding the right to bear arms. Jefferson knew that the preservation of the Republic ultimately rested upon a well-armed citizenry in a “the government must fear the people approach”. Jefferson felt it was absolutely necessary for American citizens to be able to protect themselves. The protection that Jefferson spoke of was not from our obvious enemies of the day (France and Britain), but from our own government. Jefferson made this point quite clear when he admonished future generations of Americans to fulfill their duty to overthrow a government that failed to serve the needs of the majority of its citizens.”
Outdoorsman MUST fight for their right to own and use their guns. This isn’t about hunting, this is about our Constitutional Rights and, most importantly, our ability to protect ourselves. Let’s never forget, the Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
