Government | Dates | Targets | Civilians Killed | "Gun Control" Laws | Features of Over-all "Gun Control" scheme |
Ottoman Turkey | 1915-1917 | Armenians
(mostly Christians) | 1-1.5 million | Art. 166, Pen. Code, 1866
& 1911 Proclamation, 1915 | •Permits required
•Government list of owners
•Ban on possession |
Soviet Union | 1929-1945 | Political opponents;
farming communities | 20 million | Resolutions, 1918
Decree, July 12, 1920
Art. 59 & 182, Pen. code, 1926 | •Licensing of owners
•Ban on possession
•Severe penalties |
Nazi Germany
& Occupied Europe | 1933-1945 | Political opponents;
Jews; Gypsies;
critics; "examples" | 20 million | Law on Firearms & Ammun., 1928
Weapon Law, March 18, 1938
Regulations against Jews, 1938 | •Registration & Licensing
•Stricter handgun laws
•Ban on possession |
China, Nationalist | 1927-1949 | Political opponents;
army conscripts; others | 10 million | Art. 205, Crim. Code, 1914
Art. 186-87, Crim. Code, 1935 | •Government permit system
•Ban on private ownership |
China, Red | 1949-1952
1957-1960
1966-1976 | Political opponents;
Rural populations
Enemies of the state | 20-35 million | Act of Feb. 20, 1951
Act of Oct. 22, 1957 | •Prison or death to "counter-revolutionary criminals" and anyone resisting any government program
•Death penalty for supply guns to such "criminals" |
Guatemala | 1960-1981 | Mayans & other Indians;
political enemies | 100,000-
200,000 | Decree 36, Nov 25 •Act of 1932
Decree 386, 1947
Decree 283, 1964 | •Register guns & owners
•Licensing with high fees
•Prohibit carrying guns
•Bans on guns, sharp tools
•Confiscation powers |
Uganda | 1971-1979 | Christians
Political enemies | 300,000 | Firearms Ordinance, 1955
Firearms Act, 1970 | •Register all guns & owners
•Licenses for transactions
•Warrantless searches
•Confiscation powers |
Cambodia
(Khmer Rouge) | 1975-1979 | Educated Persons;
Political enemies | 2 million | Art. 322-328, Penal Code
Royal Ordinance 55, 1938 | •Licenses for guns, owners, ammunition & transactions
•Photo ID with fingerprints
•License inspected quarterly |
Rwanda | 1994 | Tutsi people | 800,000 | Decree-Law No. 12, 1979 | •Register guns, owners, ammunition
•Owners must justify need
•Concealable guns illegal
•Confiscating powers |