Well, Murray, they did lots of bad things to Jews, who were a small minority anyway. But the story you hear from the NRA is not about taking guns from Jews, but from everyone. Ostensibly a moral lesson, that Tyrants always take guns from the people so as to maintain their Tyranny. If they only took guns from Jews, the story loses its point, because the Jews could not have put up much of a resistance anyway.

Also, if someone asks, "can you tell me if the story has a factual basis," and you say, "oh, it's common knowledge," you are begging the question, because many things are widely believed which are not true.