This may be neither here nor there.... but on the eve of the American Revolution, Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, fearing rebellion, had all the gunpowder removed from its repository in Williamsburg. And he himself took a boat to the coast, then to England, and never went back.

Nazis or no - one of the first things an oppressive government will try to do is disarm the people, or attempt to find some way to render them essentially defenseless. Debate the 2nd Amendment all you like - but don't ever trust a government that doesn't want you to be able to defend yourself.