How Gun Control Laws Contributed To the Mumbai Slaughter

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How Gun Control Laws Contributed To the Mumbai Slaughter

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This is a fairly long but interesting look into gun control in India. Historically, it reminds me of how gun control originally came about in this country, too.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/a ... 24230.html
To trace the roots of India's anti-gun legislation we need to step back to the latter half of the 19th century. The British had recently fought off a major Indian rebellion (the mutiny of 1857) and were busy putting in place measures to ensure that the events of 1857 were never repeated. These measures included a major restructuring of administration and the colonial British Indian Army along with improvements in communications and transportation. Meanwhile the Indian masses were systematically being disarmed and the means of local firearm production destroyed, to ensure that they (the Indian masses) would never again have the means to rise in rebellion against their colonial masters. Towards this end the colonial government, under Lord Lytton as Viceroy (1874 -1880), brought into existence the Indian Arms Act, 1878 (11 of 1878); an act which, exempted Europeans and ensured that no Indian could possess a weapon of any description unless the British masters considered him a "loyal" subject of the British Empire.
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I'm not surprised. Look what happened when the Colonies wanted freedom from English rule!!! I've heard that just before the American Revolution broke out England had sent orders to confiscate ALL firearms from the "subjects" in the colonies.
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We don't bow to no queen and we don't need to be like the brits. They eat stuff like bangers and mushy peas, their teeth are crooked, and they don't respect God given rights.

They refer to subjects as "commoners".

I prefer FREE MAN.

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