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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
and your reply is totally out of context..
Hitler was appointed Chancellor under President Hindenburg on January 30, 1933. Hitler was never actually elected, but he did take power legally under the laws of the then-Weimar Republic when Preside Hindenburg died in 1934.
Before that Hitler ran for President but lost due to the communist party pulled away a lot of the vote. Until Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the Nazis never held any actual majority in the government or the parliament. Also, in 1934 Hitler carried out a series of political executions that killed the leaders of any military backed political parties ie., the brownshirts.
Finally, it was forbidden for German populace to own military grade rifles due to the First World War armistice Germany had to sign when they lost.
The German people knew in 1943 Hitler was crazy when he turned his back on 800k troops in Stalingrad NOT 1945.
...it's odd an American has to educated a German about their own history.
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trust me, i know plenty about the history of my country. but that was not the point here and nothing you said has to do with my point either - which was that even if every german had a gun in his house at that time, not the slightest thing would have happened differently. there would have been no revolution, there would have been no jewish resistance and the war, the KZs and everything else would have happened exactly the same way as it did. that's my point.
and thats why i think the second amendment is meant in a good way, but useless in reality. because there will be no hordes of armed civilians that start shooting at the police, the army, the national guard or who else the government comes up with.
if someone likes weapons as a sport - so be it. for personal protection cause you live in a rural area - so be it. for hunting - so be it. i don't understand the fascination, but i am sure many don't understand my fascination for old cars.
I just can't understand people that stack up ammunition and guns cause they think they need it to prevent some kind of evil dictatorship.