I can’t believe the U of Utah Chronical printed this, but it’s powerful
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The road to genocide in ‘Innocents Betrayed’
A documentary on campus speaks out against gun control
By Edward Stevenson
Published: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
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“One hundred seventy million people! What happens when self-defense is
against the law? What happens when the protectors become the predators and
innocents are betrayed?

“Imagine two-thirds of all Americans disappear. Or the countries of Germany,
France and Spain are virtually wiped off the map-170 million people gone!

“In the 20th century, that’s how may innocents were slaughtered, tortured,
starved, mutilated, worked to death, bayoneted, hanged, annihilated at the
hands of their governments-they had no means to defend themselves.”

This is from the film “Innocents Betrayed,” which shows today, tomorrow and
Friday at noon in the Union Theatre.

“Innocents Betrayed” is a documentary film produced by Jews for the
Preservation of Firearm Ownership. The film was featured earlier this month
at the American Film Renaissance Festival in Dallas.

An explicit and direct documentary, “Innocents Betrayed” uses photos,
footage, facts and figures. The film demonstrates that civilians should
never relinquish their power to governments, no matter the promises of
security.

Using historical examples from China, Germany, Cambodia, Guatemala, Uganda
and Rwanda, the film shows us that government-not crime, war, or
terrorism-is the most dangerous killer.

This film is not an easy one to watch. It tells of Japanese who would remove
organs from live victims as punishment after they conquered parts of Asia.

In Cambodia citizens were killed for simply being educated, or for even
talking to a child because the government prohibited social association.

“Innocents Betrayed” puts reality right in front of you without political
mythology. Our rather sheltered sentiments make one think long and hard not
only about gun control, but also about foreign policy, war, homeland
security, the United Nations, the role of police and the role of government.

The rulers attacked the citizenry; the government supposedly promised their
protection and security. Every genocidal situation started with ideas and
programs of disarmament, gun licensing, registration, making guns illegal to
carry, conceal and the discouragement of private self-defense.
Continued…When citizens lacked the power to resist, organized killing
proceeded with little difficulty.

When the National Socialists entered France, they went to the local police
stations where all gun owners were listed on a registry. These were then the
first families to which the Nazis paid their visit.

Ethnic minorities most commonly were the targets of gun laws and genocide.
Even today in the United States, race must be identified as part of gun
registration.

After having seen the brutally harsh reality and unbelievable human misery
that gun-control programs have affected on the world, it is difficult to
believe in gun control.

The United States is not any different or more immune to other nations’
tyranny. Several initial American gun-control laws were created, preventing
African-Americans from owning firearms.

Two examples were given in the film for average people in safe neighborhoods
on a normal day in the United States:

In the 1990s, a female physician in Texas worried that if she got caught
with a concealed firearm, she would lose her medical license. And so she
would leave her gun in the car. While she ate breakfast, a car crashed into
the coffee shop. The passengers got out and started shooting at people. She
watched helplessly as her life remained at risk.

A total of 23 people were slain, including her father and her mother. Her
gun was useless at a 100-foot distance and in her car.

In 2000, five children in rural California’s Carpenter family were
temporarily alone. This occurred as they awaited their grandmother’s
arrival.

The Carpenter children were properly taught how to shoot. After having
barricaded the doors and windows, and having cut the phone line, a
half-naked man entered the house.

The intruder attacked the younger children, stabbing them with a pitchfork
until they died. The older girls ran to get their father’s gun. But in
accordance with California law, the ammunition was locked up and
unattainable.

They managed to get out of a window and went to the neighbor who has a
rifle. He, however, declined to help, and stated he feared the government
would take his gun from him if he got involved.

Anyone who believes in gun control in whatever flavor should view this film.

This is so they can comprehend the part that gun control has played in a
devastatingly brutal 20th century.

A total of 170,000,000 died in the 20th century from gun control.

How many will die in the 21st?