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40 Reasons to Oppose Gun Control <P>1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, and Chicago cops need <BR>guns. <P>2. Washington DC's low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict <BR>gun control, and Indianapolis' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due <BR>to the lack of <BR>gun control. <P>3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control but <BR>statistics showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just <BR>statistics." <P>4. The Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, both of which went into <BR>effect in 1994, are responsible for the decrease in violent crime rates, <BR>which have <BR>been declining since 1991. <P>5. We must get rid of guns because a deranged lunatic may go on a <BR>shooting spree at any time and anyone who would own a gun out of fear of <BR>such a lunatic <BR>is paranoid. <P>6. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals. <P>7. An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if <BR>shot with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you. <P>8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a <BR>smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet. <P>9. When confronted by violent criminals, you should "put up no defense <BR>--give them what they want, or run" (Handgun Control Inc. Chairman Pete <BR>Shields, <BR>Guns Don't Die - People Do, 1981, p. 125). <P>10. The New England Journal of Medicine is filled with expert advice <BR>about guns; just like Guns and Ammo has some excellent treatises on <BR>heart surgery. <P>11. One should consult an automotive engineer for safer seatbelts, a <BR>civil engineer for a better bridge, a surgeon for spinal paralysis, a <BR>computer programmer <BR>for Y2K problems, and Sarah Brady for firearms expertise. <P>12. The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, <BR>which was created by an act of Congress in 1917. <P>13. The National Guard, funded by the federal government, occupying <BR>property leased to the federal government, using weapons owned by the <BR>federal <BR>government, punishing trespassers under federal law, is a state militia. <P>14. These phrases,"right of the people peaceably to assemble," "right of <BR>the people to be secure in their homes," "enumeration's herein of <BR>certain rights shall <BR>not be construed to disparage others retained by the people," and "The <BR>powers not delegated herein are reserved to the states respectively, and <BR>to the <BR>people," all refer to individuals, but "the right of the people to keep <BR>and bear arms" refers to the state. <P>15. We don't need guns against an oppressive government, because the <BR>Constitution has internal safeguards, but we should ban and seize all <BR>guns, thereby <BR>violating the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendments to that Constitution. <P>16. Rifles and handguns aren't necessary to national defense, which is <BR>why the army has millions of them. <P>17. Private citizens shouldn't have handguns, because they serve no <BR>military purpose, and private citizens shouldn't have "assault rifles," <BR>because they are <BR>military weapons. <P>18. The ready availability of guns today, with waiting periods, <BR>background checks, fingerprinting, government forms, etc., is <BR>responsible for recent school <BR>shootings, compared to the lack of school shootings in the 40's, 50's <BR>and 60's, which resulted from the availability of guns at hardware <BR>stores, surplus stores, <BR>gas stations, variety stores, mail order, etc., etc. <P>19. The NRA's attempt to run a "don't touch" campaign about kids <BR>handling guns is propaganda, and the anti-gun lobby's attempt to run a <BR>"don't touch" <BR>campaign is responsible social activity. <P>20. Guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them <BR>properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy. <P>21. A handgun, with up to 4 controls, is far too complex for the typical <BR>adult to learn to use, as opposed to an automobile that only has 20. <P>22. Women are just as intelligent and capable as men but a woman with a <BR>gun is "an accident waiting to happen" and gun makers' advertisements <BR>aimed at <BR>women are "preying on their fears." <P>23. Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into slaughtering <BR>butchers but revert to normal when the weapon is removed. <P>24. Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings at <BR>gun shows. <P>25. A majority of the population supports gun control, just like a <BR>majority of the population supported owning slaves. <P>26. A self-loading small arm can legitimately be considered to be a <BR>"weapon of mass destruction" or an "assault weapon." <P>27. Most people can't be trusted, so we should have laws against guns, <BR>which most people will abide by because they can be trusted. <P>28. The right of online pornographers to exist cannot be questioned <BR>because it is constitutionally protected by the Bill of Rights, but the <BR>use of handguns for <BR>self defense is not really protected by the Bill of Rights. <P>29. Free speech entitles one to own newspapers, transmitters, computers, <BR>and typewriters, but self-defense only justifies bare hands. <P>30. The ACLU is good because it uncompromisingly defends certain parts <BR>of the Constitution, and the NRA is bad, because it defends other parts <BR>of the <BR>Constitution. <P>31. Charlton Heston as president of the NRA is a shill who should be <BR>ignored, but Michael Douglas as a representative of Handgun Control, <BR>Inc. is an <BR>ambassador for peace who is entitled to an audience at the UN arms <BR>control summit. <P>32. Police operate with backup within groups, which is why they need <BR>larger capacity pistol magazines than do "civilians" who must face <BR>criminals alone and <BR>therefore need less ammunition. <P>33. We should ban "Saturday Night Specials" and other inexpensive guns <BR>because it's not fair that poor people have access to guns too. <P>34. Police officers, who qualify with their duty weapons once or twice a <BR>year, have some special Jedi-like mastery over handguns that private <BR>citizens can <BR>never hope to obtain. <P>35. Private citizens don't need a gun for self-protection because the <BR>police are there to protect them even though the Supreme Court says the <BR>police are not <BR>responsible for their protection. <P>36. Citizens don't need to carry a gun for personal protection but <BR>police chiefs, who are desk-bound administrators who work in a building <BR>filled with cops, <BR>need a gun. <P>37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large numbers <BR>of people, which is why the police need them but "civilians" do not. <P>38. When Microsoft pressures its distributors to give Microsoft <BR>preferential promotion, that's bad; but when the Federal government <BR>pressures cities to buy <BR>guns only from Smith & Wesson, that's good. <P>39. Trigger locks do not interfere with the ability to use a gun for <BR>defensive purposes, which is why you see police officers with one on <BR>their duty weapon. <P>40. When Handgun Control, Inc., says they want to "keep guns out of the <BR>wrong hands," they don't mean you. <BR>

Thanks,Hoss.That was a good read.

This is a true story about the power of faith. Faith in one's own invulnerability, that is.<P>In a recent conversation with my boss, who is a flaming, anti-everything liberal, he stood by his insistence that the civilian public should not have guns of any kind because of the horrible things that otherwise good people do when they have access to guns. I asked him what he would do if someone forced themself into his house late at night, intent on doing all sorts of unspeakable things to him and his wife and daughter. His response was, "Oh that's just paranoid. Those sorts of things don't really happen."<P>Umm, then why do we need to ban guns?<P>If that isn't bad enough, not long after that conversation, he came to work one day and told me about an experience he had the night before. He heard a knock on his door at about 10pm. He had just stepped out of the shower and was in his skivvies, and besides, it was 10pm for chrissakes and he wasn't expecting anybody. So he just went to the door and asked who was there. A voice on the other side said, "I'm a boy scout and I'm selling tickets." Not interested in buying boy scout tickets at 10pm in his underwear, my boss just told him he wasn't interested and to go away.<P>The response from the other side of the door was, "No, really, I'm a boy scout and I'm not armed."<P>I am not making this up!<P>My boss thought it was funny. He believes that there was actually a boy scout going around door to door at 10pm in the middle of winter selling jamboree tickets. Maybe there was, but then again, maybe there wasn't. He is not the first person who I personally know who has had a stranger try to get into their house, either by force or trickery. Bad things do not only happen to other people.<P>This is how they think.<P>-al

Hoss this looks like something I've seen before somewhere else...though I do like it <BR>[This message has been edited by Jon Boy (edited April 25, 2001).]<p>[This message has been edited by Jon Boy (edited April 25, 2001).]

I think this is the source article for these 40 reasons.<P><A HREF="http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=173" TARGET=_blank>http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=173</A><P>It's amazing what one has to believe to believe in gun control...<BR>by Michael Z. Williamson<P><BR><P>------------------<BR>Good Hunting from Varmint Al

well, hoss...#23 is wrong. i have been carrying concealed for about 6 or 7 years, now, and i have a substantial number of guns near me any time i am in my house, and i haven't slaughtered anything...may have butchered a deer, though.<P>seriously...good read there. and so true, eh?<BR>