[ENGLISH BELOW] Após uma noite de violência e terror contra os judeus alemães (Kristallnacht), o seguinte decreto apareceu em jornais por toda a Alemanha:

“Judeus Proibidos de Possuir Armas
Por Ordem do ReichsFührer da SS Himmler
Munique, 10 de novembro [1938],
O Reichsführer da SS e Chefe da Polícia emitiu a seguinte Ordem: Todos aqueles que, de acordo com a Lei de Nuremberg, são considerados judeus, estão proibidos de possuírem armas.
Os violadores serão condenados a trabalhos forçados em campos de concentração e até 20 anos de prisão.”

De Halbrook, Hitler e o Desarmamento, Como o nazismo desarmou os Judeus e os “Inimigos do Reich”, pág. 218.

Foto: Decreto original em alemão (1938) e membros da SA (Sturmabteilung) nazista saqueando e destruindo uma residência ou escritório pertencente a judeus durante o pogrom da Kristallnacht.
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Following a night of violence and terror against the German Jews (Kristallnacht), the following decree appeared in newspapers throughout Germany:

"Jews Forbidden to Possess Weapons
By Order of SS Reichsführer Himmler
Munich, November 10 [1938]
The SS Reichsführer and German Police Chief has issued the following order:
Persons who, according to the Nürnberg Law, are regarded as Jews, are forbidden to possess any weapon. Violators will be condemned to a concentration camp and imprisoned for a period of up to 20 years."

From Halbrook, Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and "Enemies of the State", p. 169

Photo: Original decree in German (1938) and Nazi SA (Sturmabteilung) members ransacking and destroying a Jewish-owned home or office during the Kristallnacht pogrom.
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[ENGLISH BELOW] Hoje marca o 103º aniversário do Putsch da Cervejaria de Hitler (8 e 9 de novembro de 1923). “Durante o golpe, Hitler, de armas em punho, fez reféns os oficiais presentes na Bürgerbräukeller, uma grande cervejaria de Munique; houve uma tentativa fracassada de tomar a principal delegacia de polícia; os nazistas, então, tentaram avançar, mas foram barrados pela polícia, que atirou, matando catorze ‘mártires’ nazistas, enquanto Hitler escapava.” Nos anos que se seguiram, “Hitler deu seu discurso anual na cervejaria Bürgerbräukeller para comemorar e relembrar os ‘heróis que caíram’ na troca de tiros com a polícia.”

De Halbrook, Hitler e o Desarmamento, págs. 31, 212.
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Today marks the 103rd anniversary of Hitler`s Beer Hall Putsch (Nov. 8-9, 1923). "In the putsch, Hitler took officials hostage at gunpoint at the Bürgerbräukeller, a large beer hall in Munich; a failed attempt was made to seize the main police station; and the Nazis tried to advance but were stopped by the police. The police fired and killed fourteen Nazi "martyrs" as Hitler ran away." In the years that followed, Hitler marked the anniversary with "an annual speech in the Bürgerbräukeller to commemorate and remember the ‘fallen heroes’ who had died in the shootout with the police.”

From Halbrook, Gun Control in the Third Reich, pgs. 10, 164.

Photo: Truck carrying Nazi members during the Beer Hall Putsch, Munich, Germany 1923.
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This 1944 Western ammo advertisement, titled "Now... He Shoots For Freedom," connected civilian hunting skills to military readiness during World War II. The text of the ad shares the story of Bill:

"Life began at ten for Bill, strutting out with his first Winchester and a pocketful of Western Super-X long range .22`s! Sure those two big hopping jackrabbits caught him "flat-footed", but it didn`t matter! He`d do better next time—and he did.
Today, instead of shooting for fun, Bill is shooting for Freedom—and doing a great job of it. Out on the training ranges, and in the front lines getting the range of the enemy, millions of men like Bill are making good use of the military cartridges Western is producing for them.

They know how Western ammunition shoots and are looking forward to the days when they can hunt game in peaceful fields and woods at home, with Western Super-X and Xpert ammunition..."
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Massachusetts firearms laws sure have changed: "As far back as 1645, Massachusetts law had required `that all inhabitants...are to have armes in their houses fit for service.` British member of Parliament William Gerard Hamilton, who opposed taxing the American colonies, warned in 1767 about the colonists:

" `There are, in the different provinces, about a million of people, which we may suppose at least 200,000 men able to bear arms; and not only able to bear arms, but having arms in their possession, unrestrained by any iniquitous Game Act. In the Massachusetts government particularly, there is an express law, by which every man is obliged to have a musket, a pound of powder, and a pound of bullets by him....` "

From Halbrook, The Founders` Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, pgs. 11-12.
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"At the same time that political economists were assessing the merits of an armed populace over a standing army, legal theorists questioned criminal laws that punished the mere bearing of arms without any aggressive intent. Referring to `the natural right of self-defense,` Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws (1748) asked, `Who does not see that self-defense is a duty superior to every precept?` Montesquieu attacked Plato`s proscription of the use of arms by slaves: `If a slave, says Plato, defends himself, and kills a freeman, he ought to be treated as a parricide. This is a civil law which punishes self-defense, though dictated by nature.` "

From Halbrook, That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right, p. 34.

Image: "No Sheriff to Call" by Todd Connor
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The Armco AK-47 Sporter: "This Chinese-made rifle has a scope, a five-round magazine, and a thumbhole stock, which made it an ideal hunting rifle. In 1989, ATF held that the thumbhole stock met its new `sporting` test for imports. But in 1998, the Clinton Administration ordered ATF to flip the criteria again to ban this and other rifles that could accept a `large capacity military magazine,` even if not equipped with one. While ATF continued to consider the thumbhole stock as sporting, California bans thumbhole stocks as an `assault weapon` feature. As this illustrates, verboten features are contradictory, arbitrary, and may change overnight."

From Halbrook, America`s Rifle: The Case for the AR-15, p. 320 (photo caption).
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Lon Chaney Jr. (1906–1973), best known for his legendary portrayal of the Wolf Man in the 1941 horror classic, was an avid hunter and fisherman in real life.

He owned a large ranch, which was his personal retreat from Hollywood, where he could hunt, fish, raise livestock, and enjoy the rugged outdoor life he loved.

Happy Halloween! 🎃
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Obrigada @bene.barbosa.35 por publicar meu livro, Os Suiços e suas Armas, por meio de sua nova editora. [Thank you, @bene.barbosa.35, for publishing my book, *The Swiss and Their Weapons*, through your new publishing house.]

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Resumo do site:

Em junho de 1940, com a queda da França, a Suíça ficou completamente cercada pelo Eixo. Hitler tinha mapas de invasão prontos. A Wehrmacht era trinta vezes maior do que o exército suíço. Toda lógica militar dizia que o pequeno país alpino seria o próximo a cair.

Não caiu.

Em Os Suíços e suas Armas, o constitucionalista americano Stephen Halbrook — advogado pela Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos e autor premiado de Target Switzerland — reconstrói com rigor inédito a engenharia da resistência suíça.

Combinando documentos da inteligência nazista, arquivos militares alemães e dezenas de testemunhos orais de suíços que viveram aqueles anos, o livro responde a uma pergunta incômoda: o que faz uma potência calcular que invadir um vizinho não vale a pena?

A resposta envolve três camadas: uma população universalmente armada e treinada, infraestrutura preparada para autodemolição e fortificações alpinas que tornariam a blitzkrieg impossível. Halbrook revela ainda o papel de oficiais judeus no alto comando suíço e a posição da Suíça como janela americana sobre o Reich. Mais de oitenta anos depois, este livro segue desconfortavelmente atual. Porque a pergunta sobre o que mantém um povo livre quando o cerco se fecha nunca envelhece.
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