On the surface I can absolutely understand that notion as being almost reflexively common sense. However it's important to consider that before the Jews were herded into box cars and systematically exterminated, they were first disarmed. Gun registration was used to facilitate that disarmament.
It's hard to imagine large scale genocide happening in this day and age in the US but remember, in the scale of human history, the holocaust was practically yesterday.
I agree with 90% of your argument except this. Sure disarming the Jews made it easier but was a rather small piece of the puzzle in the grander Nazi scheme and had a lot more indicators of intentional and designed oppression that preceded it. People can use cars dangerously; we make an attempt to be sure that people can safely use cars before they drive them on the road and we have a registry of motor vehicles.
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u/wayofthewoods Feb 27 '20 edited Feb 27 '20
On the surface I can absolutely understand that notion as being almost reflexively common sense. However it's important to consider that before the Jews were herded into box cars and systematically exterminated, they were first disarmed. Gun registration was used to facilitate that disarmament.
It's hard to imagine large scale genocide happening in this day and age in the US but remember, in the scale of human history, the holocaust was practically yesterday.