Otis Mayfield
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Police Begin Seizing Guns of Civilians (Published 2005)
New Orleans police officers begin confiscating weapons from civilians in preparation for forced evacuation of last holdouts, as Pres Bush steels nation for grisly scenes of recovering dead that will unfold in coming days; police scour city seeking residents trying to avoid evacation as well as...
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Over the last 245 years, how many times did the government take your guns?
1. Black Americans were banned from gun ownership for the longest time.
2. Native Americans were banned at times, but not all of them, and you could say they weren't US citizens at the time.
3. Felons are banned from gun ownership, but most of us agree with that.
4. 1934, the National Firearms Act was passed so if you had a fully auto weapon, a sawed-off shotgun, etc, the government did take those away. Unless you were willing to pay fees and do paperwork.
5. Did the government seize guns in Chicago or New York?
When they banned the sale of assault style weapons, they didn't seize the weapons, they just didn't let you buy new ones.
What am I missing?
What I'm saying is that you're more likely to die of tree falling on you that was cut down by a lighting strike than to have the government to take your guns.