So last week, “Joe the Plumber,” now an Ohio congressional candidate, was reported to have been running a campaign video in which he suggested that Nazi gun controls contributed to deaths during the Holocaust, and Jewish Democrats are not amused. (No, seriously, did anyone expect Democrats to be amused at Republican electoral progress, and vice versa? If Jewish Republicans would be angry, now THAT would be newsworthy).
While he subsequently wisely kind-of-apologized for, what should I call it, oversimplifying the Holocaust, he does raise the legitimate question of whether gun control may sometimes contribute to the oppression of the innocent and the propping up of despots and dictators. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Arie Folger 
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