Posted on 12/21/2015 9:02:41 AM PST by Torcert
Several years ago, I was physically assaulted in a mall parking lot. Without going into great detail, I will tell you what I remember most about my attacker, was the 'brute'strength he had over me. Do I wish I had a gun that day? H..l, yes!
Fast-forward to today, a time when every American has a dangerous enemy that makes my attacker seem as harmless as Kermit the Frog: Radical Islamic Terrorism. As we have learned from San Bernardino, CA, these jihadists are already in the U.S., and prepared to kill mass numbers of Americans in cold blood. This warped ideology treats women as subhuman, executes homosexuals, sells young girls into sex slavery, beheads children, and slaughters their fellow human beings without even blinking an eye.
But rather than focusing on the REAL threat (these barbarians who are h..l-bent on KILLING us all!), our gun-grabbing friends have decided to exploit the San Bernardino attack as yet another crusade to take away guns from the 'good guys' to leave us defenseless against 'bad guys' of all sorts. As I write these very words, President Obama is crafting executive orders for more gun control.
Myth #1: More gun control will help stop gun violence.
Fact(s): That assumption is false.
In contrast to the widely embraced narrative, perpetuated by the Obama administration and the Left-wing media, that gun violence in America is getting worse all the time, the data reveals the very opposite to be true.
According to data retrieved from the Centers for Disease Control, there were 7 firearm-related homicides for every 100,000 Americans in 1993 (see light blue line in chart). By 2013 (most recent year available), the gun homicide rate had fallen by nearly 50% to only 3.6 homicides per 100,000 population. Here are two important charts:
As John Lott, a leading researcher on gun control, states, "Passing more laws doesn't keep terrorists from getting guns."
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Myth # 2: Stats are not favorable toward women who carry guns for self defense.
Fact(s): Liberals like Dianne Feinstein will argue that women are not even capable of defending themselves with a firearm. I have heard this myth myself many times recently from gun grabbers.
Yet, you can go to THIS SITE and read the countless testimonies of women who have successfully used a firearm to save their own lives, or lives of their family members.
Also, while anti-2Aers will argue that a woman with a gun in the home is more likely to die by it than protect herself with it, statistics do not support this claim. If she is a law-abiding responsible gun owner, she is better off armed. The reality is that firearms are attributed sixty times over to saving lives rather than taking them.
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Myth # 3: The United States should follow the Australian model for gun control.
Fact(s): Australia's 1996 gun confiscation didn't work....and, it would never work in America.
President Obama has stated on more than one occasion, "We know that other countries, in response to one mass shooting, have been able to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shooting....Friends of ours, allies of ours - Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it."
As National Review points out, "Australia" is Obama's preferred euphemism for that most cherished of gun-control ideals: mass confiscation of the citizenry's weapons."
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However, University of Melbourne researchers Wang-Sheng Lee and Sandy Suardi concluded their 2008 report on the matter with the statement:
"There is little evidence to suggest that [the Australian mandatory gun-buyback program] had any significant effects on firearm homicides."
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Myth # 4: The AR-15 is a "military-style assault rife".
Fact (s): No, it is not. The AR-15 is a semiautomatic rifle. That means that only one bullet fires every time the trigger is pulled, and the next bullet can be fired with another pull of the trigger. A semiautomatic rifle is different from an automatic rifle, which fires multiple bullets while the trigger is pulled.
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Myth # 5: We don';t have laws in place to address gun ownership and mental illness.
Fact(s): Yes, we do.
Myth # 6: Anyone can buy a gun.
Fact(s): Not true.
According to 18 U.S. 922:
There are many federal regulations as to who can possess a firearm. Possession is illegal if you are a felon, fugitive from justice, or an illegal alien. You can't possess one if you use illegal drugs or were dishonorably discharged from the military. Possession is prohibited if you have been "adjudicated a mental defective " have renounced your citizenship, are subject to a domestic-violence restraining order, or have been convicted of any domestic crime, including a misdemeanor.
Myth # 7: We need to close those gun show loopholes.
Fact(s): The vast majority of vendors at gun shows are fully licensed dealers who must run an FBI check at the time of purchase.
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Myth # 8: Guns kill more people every year than anything else.
Fact(s): According to the National Safety Council's 2011 "Injury Facts" report, firearm accidents accounted for only 1.5 percent of fatal accidents. More fatal accidents were attributed to motor vehicle accidents (47%), fires (4.4%), and choking on objects (3.0%). As we have already pointed out, firearms are attributed sixty times over to saving lives rather than taking them.
Where’s the call this morning for a ban on Assault Automobiles?
“Myth # 6: Anyone can buy a gun.”
This shouldn’t be a myth.
trust me, not everybody should be armed. there are deeply psychotic individuals out there that should never have access to a firearm.
Yeah, they left out the word “legally”
Well, I can quite imagine that Obama must have issued a number o tweets calling for a ban on Assault Automobiles..
True. Anyone CAN buy a gun. Even if it illegal to do so.
True. I believe anyone who self-identifies as liberal or democrat ought to be immediately disqualified from firearms ownership. At the very least such individuals should be subject to a more thorough screening. We know liberals are somewhat delusional. They have to be. You cannot ascribe to the liberal viewpoint/agenda without deluding yourself about the real state of the world. The fact that so many of them cannot or will not see it just makes them that much more dangerous.
Seriously, haven't most of these "mass shootings" been perpetrated by people who identify as lib/dem? Also were not many of them on (or formerly on) psycho-active drugs being treated for something or other?
This shouldn’t be a myth.
The list she gave was reasonable. Convicted felons, illegal aliens, "mentally defective". Someone ruled mentally defective would not be able to enter in to a legal contract, so also not owning a gun seems appropriate.
I might have issue with dishonorable discharge in all cases. Any offenses that are on par with civillian felonies, yes. But others, maybe not.
Kind of a counter agrument to this:
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf
Not that “they” care about facts.
I would agree with your statement but it has a caveat.
The government wants to decide who is mentally ill and then take away their guns.
We see this with our vets who suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome
Yeah, but who get to decide who’s “mentally defective”?
“Any offenses that are on par with civillian felonies, yes. But others, maybe not.”
I agree with your points. People who aren’t citizens or are incapable of functioning in society cannot/should not have or use our rights, IMHO. I just am not sure how I feel about those who have gone to jail for something stupid like drugs. Does that really mean that they shouldn’t be able to defend themselves? Should the government have that authority to prevent someone from exercising that right? That’s what really irks me. People who go beyond such minor offenses probably shouldn’t be out on the streets, anyways. Plus, the government being able to prevent the free exercise of rights also kind of angers me.
Then they should be locked up. If they are a danger to themselves or society, they shouldn’t be allowed to live in society with the rest of us. It’s sad, but those type of people don’t even need a gun to harm a ton of people.
Just wait'll they start classifying Conservatives as mentally defective. I'm sure you'' change your tune. The "mentally defective" argument is nothing more than a BS slippery slope. There should be NO "mentally defective" allowance to block a gun sale.
Oh, but there has been a call for that ongoing for some time now. The Assault Automobile is AKA the SUV. Sort of akin to the Assault Weapon AKA the semi-automatic rifle that looks scary. The SUV as you well know is often responsible for deaths on the highway all by themselves, i.e. no known driver of said SUV.
So you are good with Schizophrenics and people with multiple personalities having guns? What about mentally handicapped and at an emotional age of 5-6 years old but an adult by age?
Classifying conservatives as mentally defective would kill the socialist golden goose since it would move them from giver to taker by killing their ability to maintain a job.
I had to endure the myth that terrorists can go to a gun show and purchase a gun, without a background check.
“You are being sold a demonstrably provable lie. You cannot go to a gun show and purchase a firearm without a background check and no one, except a moron who wants to be imprisoned would attempt to sell outside the NICS.
There just isn’t enough profit to risk prison”
My response
That’s because facts and reality aren’t on their side.
At this point the gun grabbers should know that the “Gun show Loophole” is a lie - but they don’t care about propagating it because it further their agenda.
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