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
•Warrentless 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