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Nazi guns:Pathetic display of historical knowledge.
First thing Hitler did was outlawed Jews from owning firearms.
2A was specifically written to keep the government at bay.
Subject is not 1935, it’s 1944.
And yes, the Left hate America.
It was not the "first thing." Germans couldn't own guns after WWI as a condition of the Treaty of Versailles, but that was loosened to registration in 1928, before the Nazis even showed up. There was never a collection, though, so a lot of people still had firearms left over from the war. Hitler took over in 1934, and the German Weapons Act four years later in 1938 loosened it even more, and allowed Nazi Party members to own guns without restriction.
The Regulations Against Jews' Possession of Weapons (that's what it was called) wasn't passed until after Kristallnacht in November of that year; during that raid and massacre, Jews (like all Germans) had the legal right to all long arms without restriction, and handguns with a permit. It didn't help, because there simply weren't enough German Jews to stand up to the by-then-entrenched Nazi Party, and non-Jewish Germans weren't about to risk their lives and families. The Nazis didn't need, use, or care that much about guns in order to become dominant.
Second Amendment:
Our government, sure. But the OP and article are about personal guns defending against an invading force.
1935/1944:
I was referencing PM Laval's 1935 gun control measures, which the article cites as evidence that similar gun control on our part would be bad.