NRO/Kopel: Gun laws and Zimbabwe

http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel021301.shtml

What most genocide scholars and 60 Minutes have failed to
appreciate, however, is the presence of the most important factor for the
accomplishment of genocide: victim disarmament. In the 20th century, every
government that has perpetrated genocide has disarmed its victims first.
This suggests that – although disarmament does not cause genocide -
disarmament is the sine qua non of genocide.