Posted on 01/04/2020 9:51:57 AM PST by Perseverando
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U.S.A. -(Ammoland.com)- Politicians and journalists often portray fiction as fact. It is easy to be opinionated, but hard to be informed. This came to mind as I listened to Virginia Democrats tell us wed be safer if we were disarmed. What is the truth about gun-control laws? What politicians say a law will do might have nothing to do with what the law actually does. Lives are at stake when gun-control laws fail. Saying that the next gun-control law is necessary to stop violent crime admits that the 23 thousand firearms regulations already on the books didnt work as advertised. It is a rare politician who admits how limited the government really is when it comes to public safety.
Fortunately, weve lived with firearms for several hundred years. We know some things that work. Here are a few inconvenient truths Ive found after a few decades of study.
Inconvenient Truth: Most gun-related deaths are suicides, not murders. Unfortunately, restrictions on firearms have not reduced the rate of suicide. Fortunately, informed gun owners are reaching out to other gun owners who are dealing with mental illness. Mental health treatment works. Were changing the gun culture for the better, no thanks to the politicians.
Inconvenient Truth: Most murders with a firearm in the United States are committed by members of criminal gangs. The police know who most of these murderers are. Gun-control laws that restrict the actions of honest gun owners have not changed the actions of known criminals. Most of the young people shot with guns are gang members who were shot by other gang members. Unfortunately, some of the victims are also innocent bystanders or victims of crime. Disarming the innocent victims doesnt stop the criminals.
Inconvenient Truth: Background checks dont reduce the rate of violent crime. Criminals dont buy their guns at gun shops or gun shows. Criminals get their guns the same way they get their drugs; they get them illegally from other criminals. (By the way, there is no gun-show loophole. Every law that applies outside a gun show also applies inside a gun show.)
Inconvenient Truth: Honest gun owners do not cause crime. In fact, licensed concealed carry holders are both more law-abiding and more accurate with their guns than the police. Civilians with a permit to carry a gun in public are the most law-abiding group that sociologists can find.
Inconvenient Truth: Civilian gun ownership is the most cost-effective way to reduce violent crime.
Inconvenient Truth: Owning a gun does not make you more likely to be a victim of violent crime. It is true that people who live in high-crime areas are more likely to want a firearm for personal protection. People tend to be more sensitive about personal safety when someone they know have been victims of violent crime. Gun ownership is often a response to criminal violence rather than the cause of it.
Inconvenient Truth: Criminals dont often take a persons gun and hurt them with it. There are more examples of victims disarming criminals than criminals disarming victims.
Inconvenient Truth: A sexual assault almost never becomes rape if the victim is armed. The armed victim is such an uninviting target that the attacker usually runs away once he sees that the victim is armed.
Inconvenient Truth: Criminals dont fight fair. There are usually several criminals attacking a single victim. We civilians are the first victims of crime. Police are our backup and usually arrive after the fight is over.
Here is one last inconvenient truth: Politicians often exempt themselves from the laws they pass. Some politicians own guns. They must think guns are useful. Some politicians have armed security. They must think guns make them safer. If politicians dont live by the gun regulations they want for us, then the politicians dont believe in gun control.
I agree with what these gun-control politicians do even if I disagree with what they say, and that is the truth.
The world isnt safe. If you dont believe me, then ask a policeman who deals with criminals every day. The policeman wants a firearm because he lives in a dangerous world. Unfortunately, the average criminal will victimize over 20 civilians before the policeman catches him. That is why you and I need a firearm too. We have to protect ourself and our loved ones until the police arrive, and we only call the police after weve been attacked. There is no doubt that self-defense is inconvenient, but Id rather be inconvenienced now than be a helpless victim later. To make matters worse, you dont get to pick when you might be attacked. ;-(
[[Saying that the next gun-control law is necessary to stop violent crime]]
They are following the lead of NY who rammed through their unconstitutional gun confiscation laws under the lie of “Imminent Need”
I knew as soon as NY did that that states would follow suit because they don’t actually have to prove what an “Imminent Need” consists of- all they have to do is make the claim that an Imminent Need law is needed
[[Some politicians have armed security. They must think guns make them safer. ]]
Exactly- IF they believe that we only need police for self protection- then they can get rid of their armed body guards and live by example
When seconds count, police are minutes away-
And EVERYONE knows that-
Wannabe Tyrants always seem to have an “Imminent Need” of their honest citizens’ guns.
Semi auto arms can be broken down and stored in some very out of the way places. Logistically how many many man hours would it take to search a suburban or rural property for all of the components? Who is going to pay for all these man hours, multiplied by say, 200,000 properties?
And once they have searched maybe a dozen homes, the risk factor for those enforcement patrols would rise to nearly the level of suicide mission.
This is the hill worth dying on.
kind of funny now that Huey Newton was an open carry advocate.
Im gonna say that it isnt self defense once youre the one keeping the encounter hostile.
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When all was said and done Newton died because a black man wanted to get ahead in a gang.
Radical race ideology gives aid and comfort to bad actors who bring down and terrorize the majority almost as if it was their sole preference to do so, and gives the gangs proverbial tall grass to hide in too.
“Look no further than te bio’s of most gun grabbers. They have serious ethical and legal issues of their own. Blackface Northram, he’s a pup compared to what makes up the gun control movement. “
That’s why we need to start investigating and doxxing these scum just like they do to us.
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