{"id":192507,"date":"2023-10-08T12:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T17:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=176198"},"modified":"2024-01-07T14:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T20:10:05","slug":"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dabbs &#8211; Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-11.28.55-AM-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-11.28.55-AM-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-11.28.55-AM-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-11.28.55-AM-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-11.28.55-AM-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-11.28.55-AM.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This curious little man&#8217;s inviolate policy of nonviolence ultimately overpowered an army.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">11<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has become a bit of a trope. Born in 1869 and popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, the man was an Indian revolutionary and anti-colonial nationalist who famously devoted his life to nonviolent resistance to oppression. His peculiar pacificist choices amidst a world veritably awash in bloodshed earned him the honorifics \u201cVenerable\u201d and \u201cGreat-Souled.\u201d His example went on to inspire many such figures in subsequent years, the most notable of whom was likely Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-the-beginnings-of-gandhi\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">The Beginnings Of Gandhi<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-a-new-worldview\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">A New Worldview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-british-empire\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">The British Empire<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-unpopular-philosophy\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">Unpopular Philosophy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-some-rough-consequences\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">Some Rough Consequences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-assassination-of-gandhi\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">The Assassination Of Gandhi<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-gun-beretta-m1934\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">The Gun &#8211; Beretta M1934<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-read-more-dr-dabbs-america-s-first-school-shooting\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">READ MORE: Dr. Dabbs &#8211; America&#8217;s First School Shooting<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-last-of-gandhi-s-story\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">The Last of Gandhi&#8217;s Story<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-aftermath\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">Aftermath<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-ruminations\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" data-level=\"2\">Ruminations<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.25.07-PM-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.25.07-PM-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.25.07-PM-400x261.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.25.07-PM-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.25.07-PM-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.25.07-PM-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.25.07-PM.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here we see Mahatma Gandhi and his young wife Kasturba. They wed when he was 13. When I was his age I still thought girls had cooties.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-beginnings-of-gandhi\">The Beginnings Of Gandhi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gandhi was raised in a Hindu family in the seaside area of Gujarat. At age 13 he married a 14-year-old girl in a wedding arranged by his family. He later said of the event, \u201cAs we didn&#8217;t know much about marriage, for us it meant only wearing new clothes, eating sweets, and playing with relatives.\u201d I cannot really comprehend Indian customs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"968\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.24.10-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.24.10-PM.jpg 732w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.24.10-PM-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.24.10-PM-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is Gandhi when he finished Law School.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple had their first child when his wife was seventeen, but the infant died after only a few days. Gandhi finished high school at eighteen and then went abroad. He was trained in London as a lawyer, graduating in the summer of 1891. His Indian law practice failed, so he moved to South Africa to pursue more lucrative opportunities. He lived there for the next 21 years before returning home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.26.54-PM-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.26.54-PM-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.26.54-PM-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.26.54-PM-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.26.54-PM-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.26.54-PM.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gandhi got involved in political activism from a young age. It ultimately both defined his life and precipitated his death.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-new-worldview\">A New Worldview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gandhi\u2019s time in South Africa shaped his worldview. He returned to India in 1915 as a committed Indian nationalist and what we might these days call a community organizer. At this point in Indian history, his country was still an integral part of the British Empire. Gandhi set out to remedy that. Along the way, he made some powerful enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I lack the historical acumen to accurately capture the state of that part of the world at that point in history. The complexities of geopolitics in a place where folks get married at 13 escape me. However, I get paid to do this, so I\u2019ll give it my best shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a point of personal privilege, we\u2019ve been at this for some years now. There are literally hundreds of these columns in circulation. I learn a little something new every time I pull one together. I simply cannot tell you how much I enjoy it. Were it not for you guys reading this stuff I wouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to do them. No kidding, thanks. Now back to the fascinating struggle for Indian independence\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-british-empire\">The British Empire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The British governed much of the world and skimmed the largess for themselves. As you might imagine, this did not sit well with the peons who were digging the wealth out of the ground. This resulted in a groundswell of resistance against colonial rule that more or less continues to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the British began to relax their grip on their overseas holdings, the world began to fray at its edges. Sticky stuff like determining the borders between independent India and Pakistan ultimately sparked bloodshed that has never fully abated. It was the power vacuum that resulted from the British exit from Palestine that resulted in the bloody horror that is the Middle East today. We can all see how well that played out. Gandhi remained rigidly committed to a campaign of nonviolent resistance throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.41.17-PM-805x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.41.17-PM-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.41.17-PM-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.41.17-PM-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.41.17-PM-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.41.17-PM.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Prime Minister Winston Churchill never cared much for Gandhi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unpopular-philosophy\">Unpopular Philosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There resulted in uprisings, reprisals, and massacres beyond my capacity to catalog. Throughout it all Gandhi got skinnier, frequently fasting as a form of protest. By the 1920s, Gandhi was a folk hero to his people while being reviled by much of the world\u2019s establishment. In 1931 Winston Churchill wrote, \u201cIt is alarming and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi, a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal palace&#8230;.to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King-Emperor.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"994\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.28.50-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.28.50-PM.jpg 690w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.28.50-PM-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.28.50-PM-104x150.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gandhi began wearing a loin cloth so as to identify with the poor of India. If decorum allowed, I&#8217;d wear a loin cloth just because it looks so darn comfortable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Churchill saw Gandhi as a charlatan who used Indian nationalism as a tool to enhance his personal state. He called him the \u201cHindu Mussolini\u201d and accused him of trying to spark a race war. While these accusations enhanced Churchill\u2019s standing among the British people who saw their imperial holdings slipping away, they also increased support for Gandhi and his cause in Europe and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-some-rough-consequences\">Some Rough Consequences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By the middle of the Second World War, Gandhi and his wife were in prison for their resistance to British rule, among other things. His wife died there in 1942. Gandhi was released in May of 1944 at age 75 out of fear that he would die in jail and inspire further uprisings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the war, the British were indeed finally ready to call it quits. They had run the world for generations and were now inclined to take a breather. However, now that the Indians had earned their independence they had to figure out what to do with it. That was easy to talk about but tough to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.29.25-PM-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.29.25-PM-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.29.25-PM-400x298.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.29.25-PM-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.29.25-PM-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.29.25-PM.jpg 1522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gandhi spent a great deal of time at his spinning wheel. He used this pastime to help remind the world that he was just a regular Joe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the British pulled out, the Muslims and Hindus in India began killing each other wholesale. More than half a million people perished in the subsequent sectarian religious riots. Millions more migrated in an effort to settle with folks who shared their worldviews. Throughout it all Gandhi fasted and worked at a spinning wheel as an example of nonviolence to his countrymen. However, by now the streets were strewn with corpses. Such rampant bloodshed, once unfettered, can be difficult to control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-assassination-of-gandhi\">The Assassination Of Gandhi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the afternoon of 30 January 1948, Gandhi and his grandnieces were en route to a prayer meeting. They were surrounded by the sort of entourage that leaders like Gandhi accumulated. Among this crowd was Herbert \u201cTom\u201d Reiner, the vice-consul at the American embassy in Delhi. Now hold that thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"906\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.34.05-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.34.05-PM.jpg 622w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.34.05-PM-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.34.05-PM-103x150.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nathuram Godse got caught up in nationalistic fervor and killed the most widely recognized nonviolent political activist in human history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathuram Godse was a Hindu nationalist who had actually attempted to assassinate Gandhi on two previous occasions and failed. He was a member of the Hindu para-military organization the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He and his mates were perturbed with Gandhi for having been overly accommodating to Pakistan during the post-colonial partitioning process. As Gandhi walked through the garden toward the meeting, Godse stepped out of the crowd and fired four rounds from a Beretta M1934 pistol at close range. Three of them connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-gun-beretta-m1934\">The Gun &#8211; Beretta M1934<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.36.32-PM-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"The Beretta M1934 was a small gun\" class=\"wp-image-176214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.36.32-PM-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.36.32-PM-392x300.jpg 392w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.36.32-PM-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.36.32-PM-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.36.32-PM-1536x1175.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.36.32-PM.jpg 1908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Beretta M1934 was not a combat pistol as we might imagine it. This was a pocket gun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Beretta M1934 used by Nathaurum Godse that fateful day, serial number 606824, was manufactured in 1934. This particular weapon had been carried by an Italian officer during the invasion of Abyssinia and was subsequently captured by a British soldier as a war trophy. The particulars of how it came to India have been lost to history, but Godse was given the unlicensed firearm by a co-conspirator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-more-dr-dabbs-america-s-first-school-shooting\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/will-americas-first-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dr-dabbs-killing-gandhi-the-beretta-m1934\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Dabbs &#8211; America&#8217;s First School Shooting<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Beretta M1934 was a simple semiautomatic blowback-operated pocket pistol chambered for 9mm Corto (.380ACP). The gun featured the classic Beretta open-slide architecture and fed from a single-stack, 7-round box magazine. The M1934 weighed 23 ounces empty and was produced from 1934 until 1991. 1,080,000 copies rolled off the lines. The M1935 was the same gun chambered in .32ACP. The M1934 saw widespread use among Italian, Romanian, and German forces during World War 2. It was a common war trophy brought back by victorious Allied soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-last-of-gandhi-s-story\">The Last of Gandhi&#8217;s Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gandhi was hit three times and fell to the ground immediately. His wounds were described thusly, \u201cThe first bullet from the assassin&#8217;s seven-bore automatic hit the belly 3.5&nbsp;inches to the right of the middle and 2.5&nbsp;inches above the navel; the second hit the belly 1&nbsp;inch away from middle, and the third 4&nbsp;inches away to the right.\u201d One of Gandhi\u2019s nieces later described the noise from the gun as deafening. She also stated that there was a great deal of smoke.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gandhi was taken inside and placed on a bed. There were no medical personnel nearby and only a small first aid kit available. Bystanders attempted to render assistance, but the man bled out and died in short order. Some said it was within moments, others claimed it took half an hour. Regardless, the man so completely committed to a life of nonviolence had indeed been violently murdered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"978\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.35.25-PM-1024x978.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.35.25-PM-1024x978.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.35.25-PM-314x300.jpg 314w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.35.25-PM-150x143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.35.25-PM-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.35.25-PM.jpg 1338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American Tom Reiner was the first to react to the shooting of Mahatma Gandhi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-aftermath\">Aftermath<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BBC correspondent Robert Stimpson described the immediate aftermath of the shooting, \u201cFor a few seconds no one could believe what had happened; everyone seemed dazed and numb. And then a young American who had come for prayers rushed forward and seized the shoulders of the man in the khaki coat. That broke the spell\u2026Half a dozen people stooped to lift Gandhi. Others hurled themselves upon the attacker\u2026He was overpowered and taken away.\u201d The American Tom Reiner had indeed been instrumental in preventing the escape of the assassin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.31.20-PM-973x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.31.20-PM-973x1024.jpg 973w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.31.20-PM-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.31.20-PM-143x150.jpg 143w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.31.20-PM-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.31.20-PM.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is Gandhi speaking with Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru was Gandhi&#8217;s designated successor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nahuram Godse was convicted in the Punjab High Court and sentenced to death. Gandhi\u2019s two sons Manilal and Ramdas petitioned the government for leniency. The Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was having none of that. Godse was hanged at Ambala Central Jail on 15 November 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ruminations\">Ruminations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fully half the states in our great republic now allow some sort of permitless Constitutional carry. In my own state of Mississippi, every proper crowd sports a smattering of responsible armed citizens. Much hay has been made over caliber and bullet selection for proper social use. I have harvested a bit of that hay myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.30.44-PM-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Dabbs - Killing Gandhi: The Beretta M1934\" class=\"wp-image-176209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.30.44-PM-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.30.44-PM-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.30.44-PM-119x150.jpg 119w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.30.44-PM-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-18-at-12.30.44-PM.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gandhi was a thin little guy at the time of his death. Regardless, three unremarkable .380ACP FMJ rounds were devastatingly efficient.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most folks would say that a pocket pistol made in 1934 and firing smokey old .380ACP hardball ammo was inadequate for serious use. 78 at the time of his death, Mahatma Gandhi was admittedly both old and thin. However, three of these underpowered little bullets fired from an assassin\u2019s gun still nonetheless extinguished his mortal light in short order. 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