1.Banning guns works,which is why New York City,Washington D.C.,and Chicago cops need guns.
2.Washington D.C.'s low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict gun control laws,while Indianapolis's high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due to lack of gun control
3.Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control.But statistics showing increased murder rates after gun control are "just statistics"
4.The Brady bill and "assault weapons" ban,enacted in 1994,are responsible for the decrease in violent crime,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.An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven cleaner,but if shot with a .357 magnum will get angry and kill you
7.The more helpless you are,the safer you are from criminals
8.A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to one with a smoking pistol,and a dead would be rapist at her feet
9.When confronted by criminals,you should"put up no defense-give them what they want"-Pete Shields,HCI
10.The New England Journal of Medicine has some excellent articles on guns-just as Guns and Ammo has some wonderful treatises on heart surgury
11.One should consult an automotive engineer for safer seatbelts,a civil engineer for safer bridges,a surgeon for internal medicine,a computer programmer for hard drive problems,and Sarah Brady for firearms expertise
12.The second 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 vehicles,weapons and uniforms,and punishing tresspassers under federal law,is a state militia
14.The phrases"Right of the people to peacably assemble","right of the people to be secure in their homes","enumerations 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",but "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" refers to the state
15."the constitution is strong and shall never change",but we should ban and seize guns,thereby violating the 2nd,4th and 5th amendments to the constitution
16.Rifles and handguns are not neccesary for national defense.Which is why the military owns millions of them
17.Private citizens should'nt have handguns because they are'nt "military weapons"But private citizens also should'nt have assault weapons,because they ARE military weapons.
18.In spite of waiting periods,background checks,fingerprinting,government forms etc,guns today are too readily available,which is responsible for recent school shootings.In the 1940s,1950s and 1960s,anyone could buy guns at hardware stores,army surplus stores,gas stations,variety stores,Sears and mail order,with no waiting,no background checks,no fingerprinting,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,while the anti-gun lobby's attempts to run a "don't touch" campaign is responsible social activity
20.Guns are so complex that they require special training,yet so simple,that they make murder easy
21.A handgun,with up to 4 controls,is far too complex for the typical adult to master,as opposed to an automobile,which has only 20
22.Women are just as capable and intelligent as men,but a woman with a gun is "an accident waiting to happen",and gun makers ads 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 shootings at gun shows and target ranges
25.A majority of the population supports gun control,just as a majority of the population supported slavery
26.Any self loading weapon can be considerd an "assault weapon" or 'weapon of mass destruction"
27.Most people can't be trusted,so we should have laws against guns-with which criminals will comply,as they can be trusted
28.The right of internet pornographers cannot be questioned,because it is constitutionally protected,but the use of a handgun in 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,while the NRA is bad,because it uncompromisingly defends certain parts of the constitution
31.Charlton Heston,a movie actor,as president of the NRA,is a cheap lunaticwho should be ignored.But Micheal 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,as opposed to civilians,who must face criminals alone and therefore need less ammunition
33.We should ban "saturday night specials" and other inexpensive pistols,because it is'nt fair that the poor should have access to self defense guns
34.Police officers have some jedi like mastery over handguns,which the average citizen can never hope to attain
35.Private citizens don't need a handgun for self defense,as the police are there to protect them
36.Citizens don't need to carry a gun for protection,but police chiefs,who are desk bound administators,who work in a building full of of cops,need a gun
37."Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large amounts of people.The police need assault weapons.You do not
38.When Microsoft pressures its distributors to give microsoft preferential promotion,thats bad-but when the federal government pressures cities to buy only from smith and wesson.thats 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 it wants to keep weapons out of the wrong hands-guess what-you have the wrong hands
41.Ballistic fingerprinting works so well that of the 19,000 ballistic fingerprints available in the Maryland database,not a single one has helped solve a crime committed with a firearm
42.Rosie O'Donell does'nt think a firearm is neccesarry for self protection,which is why her bodyguards carry handguns
43.Senator Dianne Feinstein does'nt think a concealed carry permit will help prevent crime,which is why she has a concealed carry permit
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