== Guns and Germany, reboot == 

 I've been reading Bernard Harcourt, "Hitler and Gun Registration" (it's linked in the article). Interesting stuff: 
 But even before the Treaty [of Versailles] was signed, the German parliament of the Weimar Republic enacted legislation prohibiting gun possession: on January 13, 1919, the Reichstag enacted legislation requiring the surrender of all guns to the government. This law, as well as the August 7, 1920, Law on the Disarmament of the People passed in light of the 
 Versailles Treaty, remained in effect until 1928, when the German parliament enacted the Law on Firearms and Ammunition (April 12, 1928)—a law which relaxed gun restrictions and put into effect a strict firearm licensing scheme. (Page 8) 

 In other words, gun laws in Germany were much stricter in the time period before Hitler's rise to power: Hitler's restrictions had nothing on those of the Weimar Republic. If Hitler's supposed tightening (which we now all know was only one of a number of measures) of gun laws is worthwhile mentioning, then certainly Weimar's draconian gun laws are worth mentioning. So why don't we? Because the Weimar Republic is not a totalitarian regimewhen the good guys enact strict gun control, we don't mention it, it seems. I don't know if all editors here have read Harcourt; they should. For the sake of NPOV, I'll order one of these shooting targets tonight.