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Control! Will it Help? Sometimes it seems that almost all news reports about firearms, “gun control” or crime should start out with that phrase. Those four short words tell us that while the story to follow will be presented as fact, it is really fiction, or better said, a myth or a fable. Unfortunately, these fables have come to displace facts in the public dialogue about firearms and crime in America. Some of these fables …

…sentencing for those who do not respect the gun laws and rewards for those who do follow the laws. In the times leading up to and during World War II, Hitler passed strict laws on gun control and the direct result of this was government enforcement of “total” gun control on the people, and 6 million Jewish people died partially due to this stance on gun control, being unable to defend themselves against Hitler’s aggression.