- 1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, &
Chicago cops need guns.
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- 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.
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- 3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control
but statistics showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just
statistics."
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 6. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals.
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- 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.
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- 8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to
a woman with a smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.
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- 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).
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 12. The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the
National Guard, which was created 130 years later, in 1917.
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- From Thomas A. Caldwell, Jr.
5-4-1
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- I appreciate the humor of your web page. But on point
#12, I must offer this slight correction: Article II of Amendment was
ratified on December 15, 1791--not in 1787, and the National Guard was
created on January 21, 1903--not in 1917. Pease check Caldwell's Constitutional
Chronology at http://www.USchronology.com
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 16. Rifles and handguns aren't necessary to national
defense! Of course, the army has hundreds of thousands of them.
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- 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.
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- 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 1940's, 1950's and 1960'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.
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- 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.
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- 20. Guns are so complex that special training is necessary
to use them properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.
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- 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.
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- 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."
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- 23. Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into
slaughtering butchers but revert to normal when the weapon is removed.
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- 24. Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many
mass killings at gun shows.
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- 25. A majority of the population supports gun control,
just like a majority of the population supported owning slaves.
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- 26. Any self-loading small arm can legitimately be considered
to be a "weapon of mass destruction" or an "assault weapon."
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 29. Free speech entitles one to own newspapers, transmitters,
computers, and typewriters, but self- defense only justifies bare hands.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 33. We should ban "Saturday Night Specials"
and other inexpensive guns because it's not fair that poor people have
access to guns too.
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- 34. Police officers have some special Jedi-like mastery
over handguns that private citizens can never hope to obtain.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other
than to kill large numbers of people. The police need assault weapons.
You do not.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 40. Handgun Control, Inc., says they want to "keep
guns out of the wrong hands." Guess what? You have the wrong hands.
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