[Catsync]

‘‘Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.’’
— Mahatma Gandhi

I've seen this quote around various 2A sites (like here (http://www.flashbunny.org/content/gunnutsposter.html) ) A friend of mine insisted that it must be taken way out of context, so I did some research. It's in "Gandhi, An Autobiography", which is available online... figured some of you might be interested:

http://www.mahatma.org.in/books/showbook.jsp?id=384&link=bg&book=bg0001&lang=en&cat=books

also, this one has a few interesting quotes:

http://www.mahatma.org.in/books/showbook.jsp?link=og&book=og0008&id=12&lang=en&file=4104&cat=books

[PATH]

Catsync, thank you very much for the source material. It is good to know that the verbiage is actually that of Ghandi!

[oldfart]

The British had such a resounding success with the disarmament of India that they've decided to try it on themselves now. In India, the locals made, stole or smuggled the guns they needed. That seems to be what's happening in Jolly Old England too.

Some people just don't learn from history.