A little History Lesson

This is a short piece I originally posted on Facebook. I am reposting it here in hopes it may reach a larger audience.

    I heard some talking head on the news yesterday reporting about 30 round magazines, and saying that these were designed for soldiers, and not for civilians. Statements like this show just how ignorant people have become of the fundamental liberties of our country. If the soldiers have them, that is PRECISELY the reason I should be able to have them too. Disagree? Try reading a little Thomas Jefferson or Thomas Paine. Don't think a people can stand up against a modern military with basic weaponry? Then why are we still fighting insurgents in Afghanistan after 10 years? What about Libya and Egypt? Conversely, if you think disarming the populace will make it safer, I suggest you again return to the history books, and see how that worked out for the Jews, Masons, Socialists, Eastern Europeans and numerous other minority groups that came under the heel of Nazi Jackboots in the 1930's and 1940's. And your perceived democracy won't always save you. Adolph Hitler was legally elected Chancellor. There is nothing new under the sun. A serious study of history can demonstrate outcomes to just about anything, before it is even tried.