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===Nazi disarmament of German Jews===
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Gun regulations were among the anti-Semitic laws, regulations, and acts of civil violence enacted by the Nazi regime against Germans whom it considered Jewish,<ref name=Harcourt1>[http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4029&context=flr Bernard E. Harcourt, April 5, 2004: ''Hitler and Gun Registration'' ]p671 Retrieved 2012-12-16</ref><ref name=Rummel>Rummel,RJ, Death by Government (1994) Transaction Publishers, New Jersey, pp. 111-122, ISBN 1-56000-145-3.</ref><ref name=Halbrook>[http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/article-nazilaw.pdf Stephen Halbrook, 17 Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2000: ''Nazi Firearms Law and the Disarming of the German Jews'' ] p509-513 Retrieved 2012-12-16</ref> and were used by Hitler's government to disarm the Jewish population.<ref name=Rummel/><ref name=Halbrook/><ref>{{cite book| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9Z-nv-sCMBYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Courts,+Law,+and+Justice&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5mjAUfzTKqGEiALA_IHoCA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=nazi&f=false | title=Courts Law and Justice | accessdate=2013-06-18 | pages=119}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=42nAUdDqPKKOigKsxYCACw&id=uXnZAAAAMAAJ&dq=complete+history+of+the+holocaust&q=weapons#search_anchor | title=A Complete History of the Holocaust | accessdate=2013-06-18}} page68</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KAAF8jtI6EUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=48+hours+of+kristallnacht&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cWrAUZjrKOSKiALry4H4Ag&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=weapons&f=false | title=48 Hours of Kristallnacht}}pages 9,33,82</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PAdU5-ivkU4J:lawreview.wustl.edu/inprint/75-3/753-4.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us | title=Of Holocausts and Gun Control | author=Polsby, Daniel | journal=Washington University Law Quarterly}}p1237</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QeGJH48PT0kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Guns+in+American+Society,+An+Encyclopedia+of+History,+Politics,+Culture,+and+the+Law.&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QRyyUuDQO8fIyAGW4oCIDA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=germany&f=false | title=Guns in American Society, An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law}} Sec 2, G Germany, Gun Laws</ref> The Nazi ''Weapons Law'' of March 18, 1938 relaxed gun control requirements for the general population, but prohibited manufacturing of firearms and ammunition by [[Jews]].<ref name=Harcourt2>Harcourt, Bernard E (2004) [http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/harcourt/harcourt_fordham.pdf "On the NRA, Adolph Hitler, Gun Registration, and the Nazi Gun Laws: Exploring the Culture Wars (A Call to Historians)"], p. 22.</ref> During the initial reports of events that would later be called [[Kristallnacht]] on November 9 and 10, 1938, the Police President of Berlin had announced that police activity in the preceding few weeks had disarmed the entire Jewish population of Berlin by confiscating 2,569 of their hand weapons, 1,702 firearms and 20,000 rounds of ammunition.<ref>{{cite news|title=NAZIS ASK REPRISAL IN ATTACK ON ENVOY; Press Links Shooting in Paris to 'World Conspiracy' and Warns Jews of Retaliation MASS EXPULSIONS FEARED Berlin Police Head Announces 'Disarming' of Jews--Victim of Shots in Critical State New Fear Aroused Round-up in Vienna Diplomat's Condition Critical|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404EFDD1331E03ABC4153DFB7678383629EDE&scp=2&sq=Helldorf&st=p|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 9, 1938}}</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXm3Klg95s0C&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=NAZIS+ASK+REPRISAL+IN+ATTACK+ON+ENVOY+kristallnacht&source=bl&ots=9EoOB4nK3J&sig=Fi5lAlI78Vx3xemjB48CFZtzn74&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5uknUdWsCaWUiQLN6IGIDQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=NAZIS%20ASK%20REPRISAL%20IN%20ATTACK%20ON%20ENVOY%20kristallnacht&f=false Kristallnacht 1938 - Alan E Steinweis - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Shortly thereafter, with the addition of the ''Regulations Against Jews' Possession of Weapons'' of November 11, 1938, Jews were forbidden from possession of any weapons at all.<ref name=Halbrook/>{{Verify credibility|date=May 2013}}<ref name=Harcourt2/>
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