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Misinformation: Hitler cracked down on gun ownership
Photo credit: AP, 1938
MISINFORMATION: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
Did Adolf Hitler say, "To conquer a nation, one must first disarm its citizens"?
"Hitler's infamous quote ... is probably a fraud and was likely never uttered." (Vol. 73, Issue 2 Article 11, 2004), according to University of Chicago law professor Bernard E. Harcourt, writing in the Fordham Law Review.
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