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Nazi gun control argument
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<p>The Nazi gun control argument is the claim that gun regulations in <a href="/facts/Nazi_Germany/8kRbqRpo">Nazi Germany</a> helped facilitate the rise of the Nazis and <a href="/facts/The_Holocaust/vGQsAb2y">the Holocaust</a>. Historians and <a href="/facts/Fact-checker/m00tI0II">fact-checkers</a> have characterized the argument as dubious or false, and point out that Jews were under 1% of the population and that it would be unrealistic for such a small population to defend themselves even if they were armed. </p><p>The argument is frequently employed by opponents of gun control in debates on <a href="/facts/United_States_gun_politics/71Aar0yW">United States gun politics</a>, citing <a href="/facts/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States/71Aar0yW">security against tyranny</a>. Those against the argument most often call it an example of <i><a href="/facts/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum/UPWQKbpy">reductio ad Hitlerum</a></i>. </p>