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The experts at the Brady Campaign, Million Mom March, Americans for Gun Safety and the United Nations are in unanimous agreement that all guns must be outlawed and removed from the possession of citizens in the United States. Here are several of their reasons as to why this must be done.
1: The more helpless you are, the safer you are from criminals.
2: An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot with a .357 magnum will become outraged and kill you.
3: A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.
4: The Second Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which did not exist until 130 years later, having been formed in 1917.
5: The phrases “Right of the people to peaceably 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. However, “The right of the people to keep and bear arms” refers to the state.
6: Rifles and handguns aren’t necessary for national defense. This explains why the U.S. armed forces have tens of millions of them.
7: Private citizens shouldn’t have handguns because they are not “military weapons.” Also, private citizens shouldn’t have “assault rifles” because they are military weapons.
8: A handgun, with up to four controls, is far too complex for the typical adult to use, as compared to an automobile that has up to 20 controls.
9: Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings at gun shows.
10: A majority of the population supports gun control, just as a majority of the population supported owning slaves.
11: Most people can’t be trusted so we should have laws against guns, which all criminals will obey because they can be trusted.
12: The right of internet pornographers to operate 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.
13: Police officers operate with backup in large groups, which is why they need large capacity pistol magazines, as opposed to “civilians” who must face criminals alone and therefore need less ammunition.
14: We should ban “Saturday Night Specials” and all other inexpensive handguns because it isn’t fair that poor people have access to self-defense guns too.
15: Private citizens do not 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.
16: Citizens do not need to carry guns for personal protection, but police chiefs, who are desk bound administrators who work in a building filled with armed police, do need to carry a gun.
17: “Assault weapons” have no purpose other than to kill large numbers of people quickly. The police need “assault weapons;” you do not.
18: Trigger locks do not interfere with the ability to use a gun for defensive purposes. This is why you see police officers with them on their duty weapons.
19: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) thinks that a concealed carry permit will not help prevent personal crime. That's why she has one.
Source: Soldier of Fortune magazine, Dec. 2004, pp. 14-17, 75.
1: The more helpless you are, the safer you are from criminals.
2: An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot with a .357 magnum will become outraged and kill you.
3: A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.
4: The Second Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which did not exist until 130 years later, having been formed in 1917.
5: The phrases “Right of the people to peaceably 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. However, “The right of the people to keep and bear arms” refers to the state.
6: Rifles and handguns aren’t necessary for national defense. This explains why the U.S. armed forces have tens of millions of them.
7: Private citizens shouldn’t have handguns because they are not “military weapons.” Also, private citizens shouldn’t have “assault rifles” because they are military weapons.
8: A handgun, with up to four controls, is far too complex for the typical adult to use, as compared to an automobile that has up to 20 controls.
9: Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings at gun shows.
10: A majority of the population supports gun control, just as a majority of the population supported owning slaves.
11: Most people can’t be trusted so we should have laws against guns, which all criminals will obey because they can be trusted.
12: The right of internet pornographers to operate 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.
13: Police officers operate with backup in large groups, which is why they need large capacity pistol magazines, as opposed to “civilians” who must face criminals alone and therefore need less ammunition.
14: We should ban “Saturday Night Specials” and all other inexpensive handguns because it isn’t fair that poor people have access to self-defense guns too.
15: Private citizens do not 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.
16: Citizens do not need to carry guns for personal protection, but police chiefs, who are desk bound administrators who work in a building filled with armed police, do need to carry a gun.
17: “Assault weapons” have no purpose other than to kill large numbers of people quickly. The police need “assault weapons;” you do not.
18: Trigger locks do not interfere with the ability to use a gun for defensive purposes. This is why you see police officers with them on their duty weapons.
19: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) thinks that a concealed carry permit will not help prevent personal crime. That's why she has one.
Source: Soldier of Fortune magazine, Dec. 2004, pp. 14-17, 75.
