No American Friend, Mao ZEDONG Did not Take the Guns. Chinese Could Own Guns Up Until 1996

The American gun lobby frequently make the statement that the Chinese government under mao zedong took the guns away from people after the communist govt was established in 1949, so the this is why there is no human rights in china and millions died. This is a fallacy. What many Americans don’t know is that just around 3 decades ago, China was also a country where guns were very common and so were gun crimes. In 1949 when the PRC was established, there were millions of pistols, machine guns, rifles, mortars, and artillery pieces in circulation all throughout china. After all china just emerged from over 30 years of civil war and conflict. The “Interim Measures for the Administration of Guns“, allowed civilians to own 2 firearms. Furthermore, all schools, workplaces, and factories had to maintain armories of machine guns, and AA fact Mao zedong once said “One billion people, one billion soldiers for ten thousand miles“ 十亿人民十亿兵,万里江山万里营.........(continue watching for more info) 0:00 American