A History of the Disarming of India

[Gaujo]

This is a fantastic read to see how the people of the largest democracy in the world have lost their rights to own firearms.

“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.” — Mahatma Gandhi (An Autobiography OR The story of my experiments with truth, by M.K. Gandhi, p.238)​

http://www.abhijeetsingh.com/arms/india/

 

[sniperdoc]

Every tyranny in history has included the disarmament of the citizenry, under the guise of "safety".

 

[Richard/SIA]

Japan had "The Great Sword Hunt", which led to the development of Karate and a lot of farm tools becoming weapons.

 

[bleukat]

Excellent article. I found this quote from James Burgh particularly powerful: "The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave."