Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Where do you stand? [View all]holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)You might have surmised from my avatar that I am in fact Jewish (Happy Sukkot).
I'm having a bit of trouble following your point "You don't turn the 6 million Jews and 10 million others killed in WW2 into Nazi's"
Are you saying that Jews and other people who fought back against Hitler with arms were the moral equivalent of Nazis? Do you consider that a morally defencible position?
One of Hitler's first acts after consolidating domestic power was to pass laws SPECIFICALLY calling for all Jews to be disarmed. It became a felony for a Jew to possess a firearm or ammunition. Hitler believed that an armed Jewish population would be less easily led to the slaughter. I have to agree that he was correct. In the situations where Jews did make armed stands against the Nazis, they made a pretty good account of themselves (Sobibor, Warsaw Ghetto, Vilna Ghetto, Lithuania and the Belarus to name a few).
For this, and other reasons, it is my fervant belief that Jews, in any country where it is legal, should, if willing, be not only armed, but should train with their weapons. "Never Again" isn't just a slogan.