Gun Control - Myth or Miracle?

From ABC 20/20 Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity with John Stossel

Myth or Miracle #3: Guns are Bad




Myth or Miracle #10: Gun Control Reduces Crime

The History of Gun Control (continued)

What happens when self defense is against the law? What happens when the protectors become the predators. What happens when history is forgotten?

170,000,000... That's the number of civilians that have been murdered by their own governments in the 20th century alone. 170,000,000 men, women, and children who were defenseless to protect themselves. 170,000,000 victims of gun control.

• Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1992-1995: 200,000 Deaths
• Rwanda: 1994: 800,000 Deaths
• Pol Pot in Cambodia: 1975-1979: 2,000,000 Deaths
• China's Great Leap Forward: 1958-1961: 45,000,000 Deaths
• Nazi Holocaust: 1938-1945: 17,000,000 Deaths
• Stalin's Great Purge: 1937-1938: 800,000 Deaths
• Rape of Nanking: 1937-1938: 300,000 Deaths
• Stalin's Forced Famine: 1932-1933: 10,000,000 Deaths
• Assyrian Genocide: 1914-1918: 750,000 Deaths
• Armenians in Turkey: 1915-1918: 2,000,000 Deaths

Canada Wants Your Guns

Canada laying the ground work with legislation requiring all guns be registered and assigned to an owner. Not far from turning into another England or Australia...