Giving Up the Gun

Giving Up the Gun
Author: Noel Perrin
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1979
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780879237738

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Lord Hideyoshi, the regent of Japan at the time, took the first step toward the control of firearms. It was a very small step, and it was not taken simply to protect feudal lords from being shot at by peasants but to get all weapons out of the hands of civilians. He said nothing about arms control. Instead, he announced that he was going to build a statue of Buddha that would make all existing statues look like midgets. It would be so enormous (the figure was about twice the scale of the Statue of Liberty), that many tons of iron would be needed just for the braces and bolts. Still more was required to erect the accompanying temple, which was to cover a piece of ground something over an eighth of a mile square. All farmers, ji-samurai, and monks were invited to contribute their swords and guns to the cause. They were, in fact, required to. -- from publisher description.


Giving Up the Gun
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Authors: Noel Perrin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1979 - Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher

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