November 11, 1938: You may have heard, from American "gun rights" advocates, that the Nazis passed a gun control law. That is a lie: Here is the truth of the law passed on this date:
The 1938 German Weapons Act superseded a 1928 law. As under the 1928 law, citizens were required to have a permit to carry a firearm and a separate permit to acquire a firearm. But under the new law:
* Gun restriction laws applied only to handguns, not to long guns or ammunition. The 1938 revisions completely deregulated the acquisition and transfer of rifles and shotguns, and the possession of ammunition.
* The legal age at which guns could be purchased was lowered from 20 to 18.
* Permits were valid for three years, rather than one year.
* Holders of annual hunting permits, government workers, and NSDAP members (the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or "Nazis") were no longer subject to gun ownership restrictions. Prior to the 1938 law, only officials of the central government, the states, and employees of the German Reichsbahn Railways were exempted.
* The manufacture of arms and ammunition continued to require a permit, with the proviso that such permits would no longer be issued to any company even partly owned by Jews. Jews could not manufacture or deal in firearms or ammunition.
In other words, this law made it easier to get guns -- and it didn't prohibit Jews from owning them.
Also, if the Jews of Germany – or any other country – had guns, they would not have defeated the Nazis, as we saw when they fought back in Berlin in 1938, in Prague in 1942, and in Warsaw in 1944.
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November 11, 1938 was a Friday. Baseball was out of season. The NBA hadn't been founded yet. The NHL season was underway, but no games were scheduled.
There were 9 college football games, but none was between 2 teams that would now be considered major. New York University (NYU) beat Colgate, 13-7 at Yankee Stadium. And Boston College beat Boston University, 21-14 at Fenway Park.
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