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40 Reasons For Gun Control
Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed ^ | 10-29-02 | Unknown

Posted on 10/29/2002 3:31:35 AM PST by Carbonsteel

1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, & Chicago cops need guns.

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.

3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control but statistics showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just statistics."

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.

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. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals.

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.

8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.

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).

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.

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.

12. The 2nd 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 weapons, vehicles, buildings and uniforms, punishing trespassers under federal law, is a "state" militia.

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.

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.

16. Rifles and handguns aren't necessary to national defense! Of course, the army has hundreds of thousands of them.

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.

18. In spite of waiting periods, background checks, finger printing, government forms, etc., guns today are too readily available, which is responsible for recent school shootings. In the 1940's, 1950's and1960'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.

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.

20. Guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.

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.

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."

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 killings at gun shows.

25. A majority of the population supports gun control, just like a majority of the population supported owning slaves.

26. Any self-loading small arm can legitimately be considered to be a "weapon of mass destruction" or an "assault weapon."

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.

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.

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, and the NRA is bad, because it defends other parts of the Constitution.

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.

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.

33. We should ban "Saturday Night Specials" and other inexpensive guns because it's not fair that poor people have access to guns too.

34. Police officers have some special Jedi-like mastery over hand guns that private citizens can never hope to obtain.

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.

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.

37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large numbers of people. The police need assault weapons. You do not.

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.

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 they want to "keep guns out of the wrong hands." Guess what? You have the wrong hands.


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1 posted on 10/29/2002 3:31:35 AM PST by Carbonsteel
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To: Carbonsteel
Great list, I laughed almost all the way through.
2 posted on 10/29/2002 3:43:46 AM PST by Brad C.
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To: Carbonsteel
a computer programmer for hard drive problems

This is indeed a recipe for failure. NEVER consult a software person regarding a hardware problem.

3 posted on 10/29/2002 3:49:21 AM PST by Cvengr
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To: Carbonsteel
Well, now THERE'S something I've never see before. (rolls eyes)
4 posted on 10/29/2002 3:49:33 AM PST by TomB
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To: ml/nj

PING


5 posted on 10/29/2002 3:51:23 AM PST by upier
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To: Carbonsteel
“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).”

Sorry Pete – I can’t run because of my arthritis, and I’m too poor to give anything away.

6 posted on 10/29/2002 3:53:50 AM PST by R. Scott
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To: Carbonsteel
Big BUMP.
PS... VOTE!
7 posted on 10/29/2002 3:59:29 AM PST by vannrox
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To: Carbonsteel
Yup, this one's a "screamer"!!!!!!!
8 posted on 10/29/2002 4:06:34 AM PST by You Gotta Be Kidding Me
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To: Cvengr
Shoot the programmer and buy a new hard drive..... they're both cheap and easy to replace.
9 posted on 10/29/2002 4:14:13 AM PST by Feckless
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To: Carbonsteel
Source: Michael Z. Williamson, "What you have to believe, in order to believe in gun control."
10 posted on 10/29/2002 4:54:49 AM PST by coloradan
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To: Carbonsteel
bump for later laughter

11 posted on 10/29/2002 4:56:41 AM PST by longtermmemmory
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To: Carbonsteel
Bump
12 posted on 10/29/2002 4:59:03 AM PST by watcher1
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To: Carbonsteel
bttt
13 posted on 10/29/2002 5:01:38 AM PST by PatrioticAmerican
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To: Carbonsteel
The frightening thing is that the lamestream media has convinced the sheeple that these are truths.
14 posted on 10/29/2002 6:32:42 AM PST by hot august night
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To: Carbonsteel
bump
15 posted on 10/29/2002 6:41:17 AM PST by aeronca
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To: Carbonsteel
Ask these guys gun control works remember its for the children.
16 posted on 10/29/2002 8:45:12 AM PST by weikel
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29; dead; wjcsux; HEY4QDEMS
PING BIG TIME
17 posted on 10/29/2002 11:53:26 AM PST by BSunday
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To: Carbonsteel
Huge bump. If you want to keep your guns, vote November 5th, and don't vote for any RATS.
18 posted on 10/29/2002 1:32:26 PM PST by wjcsux
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To: BSunday; Carbonsteel
35. Private citizens don't need a gun for self-protection because the police are there to protect them...

Oh BULLS*IT!

Had I realized *that*, Mr. S_S29 and I would not have felt it crucial to ensure all three of our children be given adequate exposure to and develop a familiarity with our firearms. Our 9 y/o son can field strip the MAK-90 quicker then I and our 7 y/o can hit a target at 200 yards with a 35-hits out of 40-shots rate of accuracy. Our daughter is 5 and preferes to play with Barbie but has no reservations with firearms.

Had I known that the LEO are there to protect me and mine before any trouble arrives, I'd not have wasted the kids' time with firearms.

Sheesh...
19 posted on 10/29/2002 6:56:59 PM PST by Sweet_Sunflower29
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To: Carbonsteel
The issue is VIOLENT CRIME!

The Bureau of Justice Statistics publishes a voluminous set of data each year on all crime, and more categories than you ever knew existed.

The most current data for WEAPON RELATED VIOLENT CRIME (FY2000):

Not sure if weapon used = 7.5%
Total Non-Firearm = 17%
Total FIREARM = 7.5%
NO WEAPON USED = 68%

Why isn't there any discussion or suggestion for the 68% category?

The answer is simple, "GUNS" are an essential tool of the pimps of the election industry to feed their politics of FEAR, DIVISION, and HATRED!
20 posted on 10/29/2002 7:01:04 PM PST by leprechaun9
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