Survivor of communism explains his opposition to gun control

"You don't know what freedom is because you never lost it....  The only reason for the gun control is for the gun control is the government to protect [itself] from the citizens.  That way the government can ... subjugate them.  That's what happened in Cuba for 54 years." --Manuel Martinez, Salem, OR, April 5, 2013

PREVIOUSLY on guns, crime, and the right of self-defense:
•Where do criminals actually get their guns? What about the gun show loophole?
•Bizarrely, the left claims Obama is a support of the 2nd Amendment
•Paradox: gun sales up despite politicians' threats to ban gun sales
•Paradox: student test scores improve despite school funding decrease
•News report: Gun crime down "despite" increase in gun sales
•Popular resistance to gun control
•Thousands attend San Francisco rally in support of the 2nd Amendment