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In our next installment on the history of American gun control, we humbly present to you a unique take on the Gun Control Act of 1968, the law that established everybody’s favorite government overreach, the Federal Firearms Licensee system!

Many people on both sides of the debate invoke Hitler, just like any other issue. The pro-gunners often comment on the Nazis disarmament schemes, and they’re partially correct. But the legacy of Nazi gun-grabbing lives on in United States Code today, in the Gun Control Act of 1968.  It’s not well known that there’s a striking similarity in the text of that law, the Weimar Germany gun laws of the 1920s and the 1938 Nazi firearms law passed by Hitler’s Reichstag. And to top it all off, the GCA’s principal sponsor, Sen. Thomas Dodd, owned a German copy of the Nazi law and had the Library of Congress translate it in 1968, while drafting his own version that became the GCA!!

We go over this disturbing fact and the political context that spawned the crises of the 1960s that the Feds exploited to carve out more red tape for your privileges....ahem, I mean rights. 

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Link:

The Harcourt Article we reference

https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/1327/

http://jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/gateway.htm



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Today we're joined again by none other than Monica Perez of The Propaganda Report, to discuss all the pandemonium surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, and the creepy Event 201, which seems to be playing out the way the elitists who conducted it envision.  Matt and Monica discuss legit concerns and also skepticism, because we can assume that the state endorsed corporate media is inciting panic for the sole purpose of expanding government power in the economy and in our lives, as well as creating a further dependent population.

(edit: Matt may have said in summer of 07 there were 100 US service member deaths a day. It was Actually 100 a month)

 Check out Monica's podcast and content at The Propaganda Report!


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In this brand new episode, Matt gives a detailed overview of one of the highly acclaimed short book called "Anatomy of the State", by Murray N. Rothbard. Anatomy of the State is a fundamental look at what the "state" is at its core, and how it continues to exist. Rothbard writes in a style that is digestible for all, but this overview  is a great way to hear these timeless revelations, which still ring truer than ever, 46 years after its publishing. 

The guys also discuss the coronavirus pandemic, as well as Joe Biden's recent display of declining social skills!

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Thanks to the Mises Institute, we can always have access to Rothbard's work! Read / Listen to Anatomy of the State HERE!   https://mises.org/library/anatomy-state/html

Links

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/03/11/detroit-worker-who-joe-biden-said-was-full-of-sht-speaks-out-n2564527

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/10/coronavirus-what-matters-isnt-what-you-can-see-what-you-cant/#click=https://t.co/B9kUBAtYNQ

In Part 2 of our History of American Gun Control series, Matt talks about the turn of the century and the Progressive Era, a sea change in American governance, spearheaded by an alliance of social gospel do-gooders and big business oligarchs that led to massive intervention by the state in every sphere of private life. He spends some time on this subject first because it shows us how many of the theories on the role of government which led to gun control first came to be.

Progressivism caused some of the turmoil that plagued early 20th century America, and was a reaction against these events as well. Bank panics, organized crime, a world war, Prohibition of alcohol, central banking and the Great Depression all led to an environment where violent crime reached epidemic proportions.  Battles over illicit liquor market share led to shootouts between gangs in many major cities, citizens cried the all-too-common refrain of “We must do something!” meaning “use the force of the state”. 

Federal gun control, which would have been unthinkable in America’s early republican era was now appealing due to the influence of Progressivism. The 20s and early 30s culminated in the attempted assassination of President-elect Roosevelt and Congress passed the National Firearms Act of 1934, the basis of all Federal gun laws since. This law has changed American gun ownership on a fundamental level and destroyed the limits on state power. It was upheld in the landmark Supreme Court case United States v. Miller in 1938, which we also cover. 

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http://www.keepandbeararms.com/Puckett/MillerShotgun.pdf

http://www.keepandbeararms.com/NRA/NFA.htm

https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2911&context=jclc

https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/gi-roundtable-series/pamphlets/em-3-is-a-crime-wave-coming-(1946)/how-does-war-affect-crime

https://fee.org/articles/fdrs-folly-how-roosevelt-and-his-new-deal-prolonged-the-great-depression/




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This is the first of a multi-part series of the history of gun control, inspired by the eMilitia Podcast's recent episode on the history of gun control in Britain.  We cover a few current stories involving firearms up front, and then we dive into gun laws in the colonial period, and give a brief overview about the history of the militia in America.  Being that this is a show on gun control specifically, we gloss over much of the colonial and early republic period, and really get into the Reconstruction era, which is where we see major efforts to disarm large groups of people with legislation.  We go over the Black Codes, Jim Crow, and the political/social climate created by the War for Southern Independence and its effects on the newly freed men in the South.

Next week, we will be picking up at the turn of the century, covering WW1, the Prohibition era, the National Firearms Act, and more.  Stay Tuned, and thanks for your support!eMilitia-British Gun Controlhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0kVnCjAqf04Ae19OkT67s4

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Christ Calton's article about academic dishonesty

https://fee.org/articles/what-the-fake-history-of-americas-gun-culture-teaches-us/
Virginia "Assault Weapon" ban fails to pass!https://bigleaguepolitics.com/virginia-assault-weapons-ban-fails-in-house-of-delegates/Scholarly article quoted in show about black militiashttps://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1027&context=gcjcwe
Tennessee Saturday Night Special Lawhttps://web.law.duke.edu/gunlaws/1879/tennessee/468118/

 The early American republic is not discussed much in American history, at least not in high school.  You might get some of that time period in a college history class, but it doesn't seem to be a big topic in popular history.  Why is that?  Maybe because it's easy to see how the Founding Generation didn't live up to their high-minded ideals and pretty rhetoric.  Or maybe it's because early United States history is fraught with rebellions, tax revolts, uprisings and the like.

Either way, it's a very fascinating period and some of the events then played a major role in shaping the country that would grow to be the biggest empire the world has ever seen, that went from the smallest government on the planet to the biggest government in human history.  Shays' Rebellion is one of those events that provoked a reaction and enabled the machinations of characters like Alexander Hamilton.  It even helped push George Washington out of retirement, and played a part in the push for a stronger central government.  It's also a great story in and of itself, teaching us a lot about the people that founded this country, known and unknown, and it also teaches us a lot about America's true relationship with the men that fight its wars.

However, to understand Shays' Rebellion, you can't just look at the events starting in June of 1786; instead you have to understand the economic situation at the time, and also the roots of the Continental Army and the direction it pushed the American Revolution in.  Join us as Matt tells the story of the Massachusetts Regulators, who go down in history as the Shaysites. 

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This episode is an interview appearance Matt did on another show with our friend, and host of Uncensored Tactical, Pat Watson. The two chat about gun ownership and of course the nature of the state. We strongly encourage subscribing to Pat's work, because frankly your life will improve with the valuable information he is putting out there.
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On this episode of The Statist Quo, Matt discusses a movie he saw over the weekend, the soon-to-be critically acclaimed 1917, a story about two British soldier's odyssey behind German lines, in a race against time.  Some have claimed this is a great anti-war movie, but Matt isn't so sure about that.  More honest than usual, maybe.  We use the movie and some of the scenes as jumping off points to talk about what the war was really like, and compare and contrast historical accounts with the depictions in the movie.

Mild Spoilers Alert

Finally, we summarize the REAL WW1 conspiracy that doesnt appear in your high school text book, as well as run the counter factual, talking about how the world would be different without the Great War, and its effects on the world at large and America in particular.

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https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-shell-shock

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-huston-film-about-ww-ii-soldiers-that-army-suppressed-is-restored/2012/05/23/gJQA7LS3lU_story.html

On this episode of the Statist Quo, Matt and Nick talk some current events, starting off with several stories about the drug war, including an Army vet doing life in prison over 2 joints worth of weed. It’s an excellent representation of the permanence of federal policy, and a reminder of why we should “oppose a disease at its root”, like John Dickinson, the Penman of the Revolution once said. 

After that, we go over some stories of police abuse and cruelty to animals, the after-effects of the Iranian missile strike on al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, of which the DOD has now reported 50 troops diagnosed with TBIs. 

We finish with a story from Task and Purpose about “plastic patriotism”, and the phenomenon of using “muh troopz” for people’s pet political projects. 

Thanks for listening!

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In this episode of the Statist Quo, Matt and Nick talk about VCDL's Lobby Day at the State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia.  In spite of all the hand-wringing done by mainstream news outlets and left wingers, around 22,000 people showed up to show their support for gun rights, many of them armed, without any violence whatsoever.  I'm sure the writers at Slate and Mother Jones are disappointed they can't give us the "gUnS eQuAl ViOlEnCe" talking points...not that reality has ever stopped them.   

Be that as it may, the fact of the matter is that this is a long fight.  And while it's good to see such an outpouring of support for gun rights in Virginia, there's still a long way to go, and we must be ever vigilant if we are to retain the ability to arm ourselves.  Matt and Nick talk some of the philosophical underpinning of gun ownership, the reaction to Lobby Day rally on all sides, and do their best to cut through the BS out there in the mainstream and bring you some truth about the historical legacy of gun control, something the founders understood well.

We also were going to talk some next steps for fighting back against gun control, but Matt went down a rabbit hole with MLK and COINTELPRO...

Enjoy!

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