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In other words, they don't hesitate to use their First Amendment rights to attempt to usurp your Second Amendment rights. One thing needs to be made clear: firearms are designed to cause great bodily harm or death.  They are not toys.  When using a firearm you must always follow the four rules of safe gun handling:

1. The gun is always loaded.
2. Never point the muzzle at anything you do not intend to destroy.
3. Never put your finger on the trigger until you're ready to shoot.
4. Always be sure of your target and of what lies beyond it.

If you are interested in legal research on the Second Amendment and how contemporary scholars-as well as our founding fathers-view this issue, go to The Second Amendment Law Library.  This is the most comprehensive resource for scholarly, peer-reviewed legal papers around.  Included in these works is the famous Lott/Mustard study that proves more guns means less crime.

For quick access to many "talking points" on the issue of gun control, you must download a copy of the talk-politics-guns/pro-gun-faq: This is THE BEST one-stop-shopping source of rebuttals to gun-hater misinformation and lies

A good source of statistics to use when responding to anti-gunners propaganda can be found in the Firearms Statistics Menu. It's an easy-to-read compilation of gun statistics that puts things into perspective.

Check out the Gun Owners of America's links to other RKBA sites.  While you're at it, consider joining this staunch defender of your right to keep and bear arms.
 
 

For information on training in the proper use of firearms, start with the: Defensive Combat Academy:  Professional training in the use of lethal force.  See these other links to training facilities

The NRA has a guide to interstate right-to-carry reciprocity laws across the country.  NOTE:  these pages may not be up-to-date. Always check with law enforcement officials in these areas before you take a firearm with you.  Another superb reference for interstate carry is Mike's CCW Pages.  Very good info on carrying your firearms in other states.

For a more balanced examination of this issue, check out the Kleck and Gertz study of defensive gun use.

Basically, people use guns to protect themselves. According to the federal government's National Crime Survey if a robbery victim does not defend himself, the robbery will succeed 88% of the time, and the victim will be injured 25% of the time. If the victim resists with a gun, the robbery "success" rate falls to 30%, and the victim injury rate falls to 17%. No other response to a robbery--from using a knife, to shouting for help, to fleeing--produces such a low rate of victim injury and robbery success.

Still undecided on whether you should own a gun? Here are some Reasons to Own a Firearm

More food for thought. Oleg Volk has some thoughtful considerations that may be of assistance.

By comparison, in 1994, according to the Department of Justice, "seventy-four percent of murder defendants had a prior criminal record of arrest or conviction of a crime. A substantial percentage of murder victims, 44%, also had a prior criminal record. However, 19% of family murder victims had a prior record, compared to 51% of nonfamily murder victims. also, 56% of family murder defendants, compared to 77% of other murder defendants, had a prior record."

Now let's look at the 18,000 suicides in the table above. The gun-haters proclaim that if guns weren't available these people would still be alive. This assertion is pure hogwash. Anyone knows a "thing" doesn't cause an action. The presence of a gun does not push someone to kill himself any more than the presence of an automobile causes people to get drunk and cause fatal accidents. It's a fact that people who use firearms to commit their suicides are more "determined" to end their lives than people who might use carbon monoxide, pills, alcohol, knives or other non-firearm methods.  One of the most frequently quoted "studies" the gun-haters love to quote is by Arthur Kellerman.  His study claims people are more than 43 times as likely to die if there is a firearm in the house. Dave Kopel also addresses this farce quite explicitly.

As you can see when you accurately compare the allegedly "safer" countries that have virtual bans on guns (like Japan and Romania) and other countries, guns have no impact on whether people die or commit suicide.  The total death rate is actually higher in the gun-banning Japan than it is in the very gun-populated countries like Switzerland and Israel.

The sad truth is you're not safer in many of the "civilized" countries that have banned guns. For example, Great Britain and Australia recently banned most firearms by claiming the countries would be safer without guns. Guess what happened. Crime went up in both countries. Murders increased, burglaries increased, etc. Are you surprised? Me either. 

Care to see more on Australia's "progress?" Look here

And for some more info on how successful the Australian Gun Ban has been, look here

A report in the Wall Street Journal sheds some more light on how "safe" Europe really is when compared to the U.S. Property crimes represent about nine out of ten serious crimes. The burglary rate is 40% higher in Australia than that in the U.S., in Canada 12% higher and England and Wales 30% higher. Sweden and the Netherlands, despite their reputations as nearly crime-free, have burglary rates 35% and 84% greater than the U.S. Only a few nations, including France and Switerland have lower burglary rates than the U.S. The picture is much the same for auto theft. The English robbery rate was about half the U.S. rate in 1981, but was 40% higher than America's in 1995. The English assault rate was slightly higher than America's in 1981 but more than double by 1995. The English burglary rate was half America's in 1981, but nearly double by 1995.

In fact, fewer than 200 children are killed accidentally by firearms each year. A child has a greater chance of dying from choking on food, bicycles, drowning, and walking down the street, in a car crash or any number of other ways.

And how adversely do guns affect kids? "Boys who own legal firearms have much lower rates of delinquency and drug use and are even slightly less delinquent than nonowners of guns." (Source: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, NCJ-143454, "Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse," August 1995.)

So if more folks would model their instruction after the Eddie Eagle program, which is common sense, instead of instilling fearmongering propaganda, perhaps we might have less of the "curiosity killed the cat" syndrome.

Like many gun owners, I get upset when I see irresponsible handling and propagandistic messages relating to firearms in the popular media.  Where would Sly "Rambo" Stallone (who advocates eliminating the Second Amendment) be without his connection to firearms in his movie career?  Or Arnold Swarzenegger?  You can come up with a big list of "gun-crazy" movies that use firearms as the essential element in the plots.  But is the use of these firearms responsible--or even a realistic protrayal of real life?  Naaahhhhh.  It is, after all, only make believe.  But the pretend-people from Hollywood are often the first to decry "the bloodshed" "caused" by firearms and the first to call for gun bans.

I think, though, that Hollywood ought to practice what it preaches. My suggestion is one that criminologist Dave Kopel has put forth in his article, Massaging the medium: Analyzing and Responding to Media Violence Without Harming the First Amendment":

   "Another useful step would be to require the entertainment industry to
   comply with the same gun laws that law-abiding citizens must obey. The
   Hollywood moguls who promote pro-death movies such as Terminator and
   Lethal Weapon are a much greater threat to public safety than gun
   collectors who keep a few war- time souvenirs locked in a case on the
   wall. At the least, the entertainment industry ought to live by the
   same laws that it advocates for the rest of the country. Applying
   California's "assault weapon" ban to Hollywood, just as it applies to
   everyone else in California, would not violate the First Amendment."

Know what the guidelines are to get published in the paper and abide by them.  If possible, get as many of your friends to do the same thing.  All the facts you need to rebut the antigunners arguments can be found through the links on this page. If more people see the anti-gunners hypocricy and lies exposed through calm, factual discourse we all win in the end.  Hey, I'm just like you and want to smack Schmuckie Chumer upside the head with a cream pie.  But alas, I know that's a dream I'll have to hold on to for a while.  Meanwhile, I'll settle for making points in the newspaper whenever I can and enjoy the more and more frequent, "Hey, you're the guy who writes all those gun articles in the paper!" response I get from folks.  You can do that too.

Your self-protection is ultimately your responsibility. Subsequently many people have decided that having a firearm affords them the best potential to protect their, and their loved ones' lives.

Oh yeah, while you're at it at least join the NRA. if not one of the other organizations like GOA, etc. Despite its flaws, the NRA is still a big organization that does a lot of good for gun owners.  Also try to join a local gun club and get as many of your friends to join as possible.

If you've gotten this far and want more information, visit some of the sites on the RKBA Web Ring below.  That'll keep you busy for a while.

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