Reply #18: Most likely, the majority of the firearms used to kill her friends

[Marengo]

Were not privately owned by the Nazi murderers.* They were state property, provided by the state for use. Armies tend to be armed, even those maintained by nations that severely restrict or prohibit firearms ownership by private citizens. Unless she was advocating the disarmament of armed forces, I fail to see the logic of her position.

*An example of an exception would be sidearms purchased by officers. I have read, but not verified, that the majority of commissioned officers in the German armed forces were required to purchase their own sidearm from either a state or commercial source. However, this purchase was state authorized as the officer was a state actor.