Gun Control in the Third Reich

“Halbrook has written an important and disturbing book. It provides a timely reminder that self-defense and the right to bear arms are fundamental human rights.”
— Robert J. Cottrol, Professor of Law, History, and Sociology and Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law, George Washington University; author, The Long, Lingering Shadow

“Gun Control in the Third Reich, Halbrook’s excellent history of gun control in Germany, shows that, motives notwithstanding, removing weapons from the general population always disarms society vis-à-vis its worst elements.”
— Angelo M. Codevilla, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Boston University

“Halbrook’s excellent and deeply researched book, Gun Control in the Third Reich, has revealed the anticipation of Nazi gun control techniques. . . . History does indeed provide important lessons for contemporary debates, and Halbrook’s important research should inform our contemporary debate on gun control.”
— Steven B. Bowman, Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati; Miles Lerner Fellow, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; author, Jewish Resistance in Wartime Greece

“The pioneering book Gun Control in the Third Reich tells an essential story that is central to the history of the modern Leviathan state. Highly recommended!”
— T. Hunt Tooley, Professor of History, Austin College; co-editor, Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe, and author, National Identity and Weimar Germany

“In Stephen Halbrook’s extraordinary book, Gun Control in the Third Reich, the consequence of disarming a population, making them vulnerable to imprisonment and annihilation, is told with frightening detail. It is a history with poignancy.”
— Herbert I. London, President, London Center; former President, Hudson Institute

“Even a defense with small arms against a tyrannical regime, if known, can galvanize public opinion which is the ultimate source of all political authority. That is why, as Halbrook authoritatively shows in Gun Control in the Third Reich, the Nazis—despite their massive military force—went out of their way to confiscate even small caliber weapons in Germany.”
— Donald W. Livingston, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Emory University