“The most foolish  mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess  arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to  carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.”

– Adolf  Hitler

STALIN:

If the opposition (citizen)  disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it  ourselves.

MUSSOLINI:

The measures adopted to restore public order are:  First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. […] They  were elements of disorder and subversion. On the morrow of each conflict I gave  the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of  every sort and kind. This confiscation, which continues with the utmost energy,  has given satisfactory results.

MAO TSE  TUNG:

Every good communist should know that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

….  there are many more….

HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE  PEOPLE OF FREEDOM WHO WERE STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF PRIVATE GUN  OWNERSHIP:

GEORGE WASHINGTON:

“Firearms stand next in importance to the  Constitution itself. They are the people’s liberty teeth (and) keystone…  the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable… more than 99% of them  [guns] by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference [crime].  When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour.” (Address to 1st  session of Congress)

JOHN F.  KENNEDY:

By calling attention to ‘a well  regulated militia,”the security of the nation,’ and the right of each citizen  ‘to keep and bear arms,’ our founding fathers recognized the essentially  civilian nature of our economy…–JFK

THOMAS  JEFFERSON:

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case  with the20Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free  state.  No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms.  The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms  is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in  government.

GENERAL GEORGE S.  PATTON:

It is certain that the two  World Wars in which I have participated would not have occurred had we been  prepared. It is my belief tha t adequate preparation on our part would have  prevented or materially shortened all our other wars beginning with that of  1812. Yet, after each of our wars, there has always been a great hue and cry to  the effect that there will be no more wars, that disarmament is the sure road to  health, happiness, and peace; and that by removing the fire department, we will  remove fires. These ideas spring from wishful thinking and from the erroneous  belief that wars result from logical processes. There is no logic in wars. They  are produced by madmen. No man can say when future madmen will reappear. I do  not say that there will be no more wars; I devoutly hope that there will not,  but I do say that the chances of avoiding future wars will be greatly enhanced  if we are ready.

MARTIN LUTHER  KING:

“As we have seen, the first  public expression of disenchantment with nonviolence arose around the question  of “self-defense.” In a sense this is a false issue, for the right to defend  one’s home and one’s person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages  by common law.” Martin Luther King,=2 0Jr., Where Do We Go From Here:  Chaos or Community? Chapter II, Black Power, Page  55, Harper  & Row Publishers Inc., First Edition, 1967.

GHANDI:

“Among the many misdeeds of the  British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation  of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to  learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes  render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will  disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.” Mohandas K.  Gandhi, Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with  Truth, Chapter XXVII, Recruiting  Campaign,  Page 403, Dover paperback edition, 1983. This book was originally published by  Public Affairs Press in 1948.

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