I am probably mistaken but I don't believe that the Nazi government had much fear that their populace was going to take privately owned guns and throw them out of power. It seems that the populace, as a whole, supported the Nazis. Towards the end, there were some who vowed to keep fighting the "allies" regardless of official surrender. The Werewolf come to mind. I suspect that the reason the "allies" confiscated guns was their concern that other groups such as the Werewolf might crop up. Werewolf (I may be mis-spelling it) translates as WAR-wolf, by the way.

Americans are probably the most heavily armed populace in the world, next to the Afgans at least. Quite a few of us are pretty fair shots, believing that 'true' gun control is being able to hit your target.

I can't say whether our ownership of firearms has or will ever had and effect on the plans of tyrants. Some of us do take comfort in the notion that it would. See the film "Red Dawn".

CB