I wouldn’t mind seeing Lemon’s reaction if you were to tell him that it would take American (and Canadian) criminals, along with the few Adam Lanzas and Eric Harrises and Dylan Klebolds, hundreds of centuries to equal the number murdered by governments in just the twentieth century alone (Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot in particular) after they legally disarmed their citizens.
“...murdered by governments in just the twentieth century alone (Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot in particular) after they legally disarmed their citizens.”
It was actually the Weimar Republic that outlawed private ownership of firearms in Germany. Different political groups were having battles in the streets that in some cases included the use of machine guns and mortars. The Republic loosened the laws in 1928 and the Nazi’s again in 1932, but only for party members.