[Fiji Hill]

“The Austrian people elected Hitler by 98 percent of the vote, by means of the ballot box."

That wasn't a free election--what with German troops in the streets, Hitler Youth and Sturmabteilungen present at the polling places and the Gestapo keeping watch. Vincent Sheean, a left-leaning journalist provides a good eyewitness account of this election in his book Not Peace but a Sword (New York: Doubleday, 1939)

[cloudmountain]

Having guns doesn't do any good. In this country all the guns are registered. That means that bad guys need only look at the records of gun sales and go to said gun owners and confiscate their weapons.

Lol. I kept misspelling GUNS and kept typing GUMs. It's pretty funny talking about registering guMs...I made me smile!!

[sickoflibs]

Ping!

[uncitizen]

In reality, however, it was merely a ruse to track down those patriots who might resist the coming tyranny.

This is so obvious. Why is it so difficult for so many people to understand!?

[The_Media_never_lie]

Important story.

[gattaca]

bfl

[matthew fuller]

Thanks for posting this.

[Rainier1789]

Why did Hitler not invade Switzerland? Could it have been the well-armed populace?

[skinkinthegrass]

!

[Still Thinking]

“The truth is, at the beginning Hitler didn’t look like or talk like a monster at all. He talked like an American politician.”

Well, OK, which one is it?

[RetiredArmy]

Good for him. Speak on brother. Sadly, a majority of Amerikans are not listening. They are in line for those sales at WalMart or down at the free food handout.

Our church works at a local soup kitchen/food bank. The other week, one of our men saw a couple park their brand new Caddie down the street and walk up and eat the free meal, then get their bags of free food. They then walk back to the Caddie and drive off. You know what I am saying. If you can afford a brand new Caddie, you can afford your own food.

[Anton.Rutter]

My adoptive mom grew up in Austria during WW2, and I’ve heard the story many times, when the nazis came to their village and asked “who has the guns?”, friends and neighbors they’d known all their lives immediately pointed to her father’s house.

[Dead Corpse]

What good are having guns if you never put them to their intended use?

When the noose is around your neck, it’s too late to feel good about the knife in your pocket...