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40 Reasons For Gun Control - if they get our guns, then our freedom of
> speech could be next...........
> 1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, & Chicago cops need guns.
> 2. Washington DC's low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict gun
> control, and Indianapolis' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due to the
> lack of gun control.
> 3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control but statistics
> showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just statistics."
> 4. The Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, both of which went into effect
> in 1994 are responsible for the decrease in violent crime rates, which have
> been declining since 1991.
> 5. We must get rid of guns because a deranged lunatic may go on a shooting
> spree at any time and anyone who would own a gun out of fear of such a
> lunatic is paranoid.
> 6. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals.
> 7. An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot
> with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you.
> 8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking
> gun and a dead rapist at her feet.
> 9. When confronted by violent criminals, you should "put up no defense --
> give them what they want, or run"
> (Handgun Control Inc. Chairman Pete Shields, Guns Don't Die - People Do,
> 1981, p.125).
> 10. The New England Journal of Medicine is filled with expert advice about
> guns; just like Guns & Ammo has some excellent treatises on heart surgery.
> 11. One should consult an automotive engineer for safer seatbelts, a civil
> engineer for a better bridge, a surgeon for internal medicine, a computer
> programmer for hard drive problems, and Sarah Brady for firearms expertise.
> 12. The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which
> was created 130 years later, in 1917.
> 13. The National Guard, federally funded, with bases on federal land, using
> federally-owned weapons, vehicles, buildings and uniforms, punishing
> trespassers under federal law, is a "state" militia.
> 14. These phrases: "right of the people peaceably to assemble," "right of the
> people to be secure in their homes," "enumerations herein of certain rights
> shall not be construed to disparage others retained by the
> people," and "The powers not delegated herein are reserved to the states
> respectively, and to the people" all refer to individuals, but "the right of
> the people to keep and bear arm" refers to the state.
> 15. "The Constitution is strong and will never change." But we should ban and
> seize all guns thereby violating the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendments to that
> Constitution.
> 16. Rifles and handguns aren't necessary to national defense! Of course, the
> army has hundreds of thousands of them.
> 17. Private citizens shouldn't have handguns, because they aren't "military
> weapons", but private citizens shouldn't have "assault rifles", because they
> are military weapons.
> 18. In spite of waiting periods, background checks, finger printing,
> government forms, etc., guns today are too readily available, which is
> responsible for recent school shootings. In the 1940's, 1950's and1960's,
> anyone could buy guns at hardware stores, army surplus stores, gas stations,
> variety stores, Sears mail order, no waiting, no background check, no
> fingerprints, no government forms and there were no school shootings.
> 19. The NRA's attempt to run a "don't touch" campaign about kids handling
> guns is propaganda, but the anti-gun lobby's attempt to run a "don't touch"
> campaign is responsible social activity.
> 20. Guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them
> properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.
> 21. A handgun, with up to 4 controls, is far too complex for the typical
> adult to learn to use, as opposed to an automobile that only has 20.
> 22. Women are just as intelligent and capable as men but a woman with a gun
> is "an accident waiting to happen" and gun makers' advertisements aimed at
> women are "preying on their fears."
> 23. Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into slaughtering butchers
> but revert to normal when the weapon is removed.
> 24. Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings at gun
> shows.
> 25. A majority of the population supports gun control, just like a majority
> of the population supported owning slaves.
> 26. Any self-loading small arm can legitimately be considered to be a "weapon
> of mass destruction" or an "assault weapon."
> 27. Most people can't be trusted, so we should have laws against guns, which
> most people will abide by because they can be trusted.
> 28. The right of Internet pornographers to exist cannot be questioned because
> it is constitutionally protected by the Bill of Rights, but the use of
> handguns for self defense is not really protected by the Bill of Rights.
> 29. Free speech entitles one to own newspapers, transmitters, computers, and
> typewriters, but self-defense only justifies bare hands.
> 30. The ACLU is good because it uncompromisingly defends certain parts of the
> Constitution, and the NRA is bad, because it defends other parts of the
> Constitution.
> 31. Charlton Heston, a movie actor as president of the NRA is a cheap lunatic
> who should be ignored, but Michael Douglas, a movie actor as a representative
> of Handgun Control, Inc. is an ambassador for peace who is entitled to an
> audience at the UN arms control summit.
> 32. Police operate with backup within groups, which is why they need larger
> capacity pistol magazines than do "civilians" who must face criminals alone
> and therefore need less ammunition.
> 33. We should ban "Saturday Night Specials" and other inexpensive guns
> because it's not fair that poor people have access to guns too.
> 34. Police officers have some special Jedi-like mastery over hand guns that
> private citizens can never hope to obtain.
> 35. Private citizens don't need a gun for self-protection because the police
> are there to protect them even though the Supreme Court says the police are
> not responsible for their protection.
> 36. Citizens don't need to carry a gun for personal protection but police
> chiefs, who are desk-bound administrators who work in a building filled with
> cops, need a gun.
> 37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large numbers of
> people. The police need assault weapons. You do not.
> 38. When Microsoft pressures its distributors to give Microsoft preferential
> promotion, that's bad; but when the Federal government pressures cities to
> buy guns only from Smith & Wesson, that's good.
> 39. Trigger locks do not interfere with the ability to use a gun for
> defensive purposes, which is why you see police officers with one on their
> duty weapon.
> 40. Handgun Control, Inc. says they want to "keep guns out of the wrong
> hands." Guess what? YOU have the wrong hands.
> speech could be next...........
> 1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, & Chicago cops need guns.
> 2. Washington DC's low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict gun
> control, and Indianapolis' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due to the
> lack of gun control.
> 3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control but statistics
> showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just statistics."
> 4. The Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, both of which went into effect
> in 1994 are responsible for the decrease in violent crime rates, which have
> been declining since 1991.
> 5. We must get rid of guns because a deranged lunatic may go on a shooting
> spree at any time and anyone who would own a gun out of fear of such a
> lunatic is paranoid.
> 6. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals.
> 7. An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot
> with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you.
> 8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking
> gun and a dead rapist at her feet.
> 9. When confronted by violent criminals, you should "put up no defense --
> give them what they want, or run"
> (Handgun Control Inc. Chairman Pete Shields, Guns Don't Die - People Do,
> 1981, p.125).
> 10. The New England Journal of Medicine is filled with expert advice about
> guns; just like Guns & Ammo has some excellent treatises on heart surgery.
> 11. One should consult an automotive engineer for safer seatbelts, a civil
> engineer for a better bridge, a surgeon for internal medicine, a computer
> programmer for hard drive problems, and Sarah Brady for firearms expertise.
> 12. The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which
> was created 130 years later, in 1917.
> 13. The National Guard, federally funded, with bases on federal land, using
> federally-owned weapons, vehicles, buildings and uniforms, punishing
> trespassers under federal law, is a "state" militia.
> 14. These phrases: "right of the people peaceably to assemble," "right of the
> people to be secure in their homes," "enumerations herein of certain rights
> shall not be construed to disparage others retained by the
> people," and "The powers not delegated herein are reserved to the states
> respectively, and to the people" all refer to individuals, but "the right of
> the people to keep and bear arm" refers to the state.
> 15. "The Constitution is strong and will never change." But we should ban and
> seize all guns thereby violating the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendments to that
> Constitution.
> 16. Rifles and handguns aren't necessary to national defense! Of course, the
> army has hundreds of thousands of them.
> 17. Private citizens shouldn't have handguns, because they aren't "military
> weapons", but private citizens shouldn't have "assault rifles", because they
> are military weapons.
> 18. In spite of waiting periods, background checks, finger printing,
> government forms, etc., guns today are too readily available, which is
> responsible for recent school shootings. In the 1940's, 1950's and1960's,
> anyone could buy guns at hardware stores, army surplus stores, gas stations,
> variety stores, Sears mail order, no waiting, no background check, no
> fingerprints, no government forms and there were no school shootings.
> 19. The NRA's attempt to run a "don't touch" campaign about kids handling
> guns is propaganda, but the anti-gun lobby's attempt to run a "don't touch"
> campaign is responsible social activity.
> 20. Guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them
> properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.
> 21. A handgun, with up to 4 controls, is far too complex for the typical
> adult to learn to use, as opposed to an automobile that only has 20.
> 22. Women are just as intelligent and capable as men but a woman with a gun
> is "an accident waiting to happen" and gun makers' advertisements aimed at
> women are "preying on their fears."
> 23. Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into slaughtering butchers
> but revert to normal when the weapon is removed.
> 24. Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings at gun
> shows.
> 25. A majority of the population supports gun control, just like a majority
> of the population supported owning slaves.
> 26. Any self-loading small arm can legitimately be considered to be a "weapon
> of mass destruction" or an "assault weapon."
> 27. Most people can't be trusted, so we should have laws against guns, which
> most people will abide by because they can be trusted.
> 28. The right of Internet pornographers to exist cannot be questioned because
> it is constitutionally protected by the Bill of Rights, but the use of
> handguns for self defense is not really protected by the Bill of Rights.
> 29. Free speech entitles one to own newspapers, transmitters, computers, and
> typewriters, but self-defense only justifies bare hands.
> 30. The ACLU is good because it uncompromisingly defends certain parts of the
> Constitution, and the NRA is bad, because it defends other parts of the
> Constitution.
> 31. Charlton Heston, a movie actor as president of the NRA is a cheap lunatic
> who should be ignored, but Michael Douglas, a movie actor as a representative
> of Handgun Control, Inc. is an ambassador for peace who is entitled to an
> audience at the UN arms control summit.
> 32. Police operate with backup within groups, which is why they need larger
> capacity pistol magazines than do "civilians" who must face criminals alone
> and therefore need less ammunition.
> 33. We should ban "Saturday Night Specials" and other inexpensive guns
> because it's not fair that poor people have access to guns too.
> 34. Police officers have some special Jedi-like mastery over hand guns that
> private citizens can never hope to obtain.
> 35. Private citizens don't need a gun for self-protection because the police
> are there to protect them even though the Supreme Court says the police are
> not responsible for their protection.
> 36. Citizens don't need to carry a gun for personal protection but police
> chiefs, who are desk-bound administrators who work in a building filled with
> cops, need a gun.
> 37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large numbers of
> people. The police need assault weapons. You do not.
> 38. When Microsoft pressures its distributors to give Microsoft preferential
> promotion, that's bad; but when the Federal government pressures cities to
> buy guns only from Smith & Wesson, that's good.
> 39. Trigger locks do not interfere with the ability to use a gun for
> defensive purposes, which is why you see police officers with one on their
> duty weapon.
> 40. Handgun Control, Inc. says they want to "keep guns out of the wrong
> hands." Guess what? YOU have the wrong hands.
