Posted on 06/16/2019 7:56:19 AM PDT by rktman
Shootings are surging in Baltimore despite the presence of bans on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines, two of the Democrats’ go-to gun controls.
Maryland banned “high capacity” magazines and a variety of “assault weapons” via the Firearm Safety Act of 2013. That Act also required would-be handgun buyers to submit fingerprints to the state police as a part of the registration scenario.
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You could also say the same thing about the United Kingdom. Until 1920, permits to possess and carry pistols were easily obtained (for a ten shilling fee instituted in 1870), citizens were permitted to own fully automatic firearms until 1936, and until 1967, shotguns did not require police permits in order to be legally purchased.
All of this was accompanied by significantly lower rates of crime and violence before pieces of modern gun control legislation were created and passed in that country.
And then, after the citizens were disarmed and Dunkirk happened: 
“When the ships from America approached our shores with their priceless arms special trains were waiting in all the ports to receive their cargoes,” Churchill recalled. “The Home Guard in every county, in every town, in every village, sat up all through the night to receive them…. By the end of July we were an armed nation…. a lot of our men and some women had weapons in their hands.”
Well-stated. BUMP!
Just think Joe Biden’s town
After the war, they threw all those guns into the sea.
Inclusive of California?
Very interesting post!evacuation to Britain of British and other Allied forces in Europe from 26 May to 4 June 1940. - WikiI had read that American private arms had been solicited - probably here:That book clarified a lot about American provision for WWII. Upon the Fall of France, Britain was panicked about being invaded, US ambassador to Britain Kennedy (JFK’s dad) expected Britain to fall, and the prospect of a “Vichy” Britain disposing the Royal Navy powerfully focused FDR’s mind. The upshot was that FDR did everything he could, fair means or foul, to keep Britain afloat and to ramp up US military materiel production capability.
- Freedom's Forge:
- How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
Arthur HermanAs Under Secretary of the Navy during WWI, FDR had seen US participation in the war come and go before US industrial capacity influenced the outcome. So he called industrialist Bernard Baruch, and asked him to ramrod the war mobilization of the US economy in advance of need. Baruch declined because of his age - but emphatically recommended Bill Knudsen for the job. Knudsen, who had been one of Henry Ford’s right hand men, left Ford when it became clear he was not the right-hand-man. And took a job with a small car company (at the time, little) known as General Motors . . .
Having built up Chevrolet to the equal of Ford, Knudsen had the clout with industry to do the job. The buildup was done basically on a handshake system, with letters of intent from the administration substituting for actual contracts. The mobilization entailed making manufacturing facilities and - critically - machine tools. When FDR asked how long mobilization would require, Knudsen said eighteen months. Which makes the time difference from June 1940 to December 1941 a very interesting coincidence . . .
In furtherance of this effort Britain packaged up all their high tech, including radar and jet engine and the blueprints for the Merlin engine, and shipped it to America. The US Army officer dispatched to pick it up went to the dock, and was astounded to find no a Top Secret briefcase but a Top Secret pallet of goodies. Packard Motor agreed to manufacture the Merlin under license (after Henry Ford backed out). Even with the prints already in hand, Packard had to redraw them all for use in an America factory.
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the Axis pact did not commit Germany to declaring war on the US. It was the nature of the Nazi regime that it would have lost face if another country declared war on it first - so it was pretty much a foregone conclusion, in retrospect, that Hitler would declare war on us. But in light of what FDR had been doing for the prior 18 months, it was pretty much walking into an ambush. The US did not have much of a military in Dec 1941, but it had been ramping up to becoming a great power for a year and a half, with the fruits of that production to date having been sent to Britain (and, notably, the USSR). So the US was weak in 1941, not quite so weak in 1942, powerful in 1943 - and fully as powerful as Germany and Japan in 1944.
BTW, where did you find the advertisement and the Churchill quote?
When you are looking at any LIB cesspool, it is very difficult to tell the differences.
Here’s how bad it is in Maryland. You want to purchase a handgun. First, you must apply for a Handgun Qualification License and take an 8 hour “safety” class along with fingerprints and a background check. Then, a few weeks later, you are given permission to purchase a firearm with a letter from the state the tells you that you are NOT DISALLOWED. Yes, they actually use those words.
Then, you trot off to the local gun shop and pick out your firearm only to be reminded of the additional 7 day waiting period.
Of course, you cannot purchase an AR-15 under any circumstances, but of course in their infinite wisdom, the ignorant general assembly allows one to purchase a HBAR, which is an AR-15 with a s]thicker barrel.
High capacity magazines may not be purchased in Maryland, but they are legal to possess. But, they are hard to find in neighboring states because they can’t keep enough in stock to take care of all the Maryland residents.
Concealed Weapons permit. Dream on.
I must have realized that 72 years ago and left the state when I was 3 days old. LOL! Then at 3 months, off to Guam. Of course at that point in time I didn’t have much say in the matter.
That is certainly the overwhelming rebuttal to Ike's "Military-Industrial Complex" warning.
No wonder that America's enemies (foreign AND domestic) are so desperate to damage our industrial capability.
I just purchased the Kindle version of the book. Thanks for posting that.
Other essential, IMHO, reading on the political dimensions of WWII:
- The New Dealers' War:
- FDR and the War Within World War II
by Thomas Fleming
- Last Hope Island:
- Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War
by Lynne Olson
A great book. Have read it through a couple of times just to remind myself how well we had our act together, despite Pearl Harbor. Not many, if any, of the speedy production miracles accomplished then could be done with today's bureaucracy.
BTW, where did you find the advertisement and the Churchill quote?
The advertisement came from my files, probably via The American Rifleman. The quote came from the Forgotten Weapons website.
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