R.A.T.S.+(Pro+Gun+Control)

__**?, ?. "Gun Control." Gun Control ?? 1. 2 Apr 2009 .**__
 * 1) 40% US homes have guns S.D.
 * 2) 81% Americans think that gun control is an important issue for candidates to vote for S.D.
 * 3) 91% of Americans think there should be some type of minor restrictions S.D.
 * 4) National Rifle Association (NRA) is for gun control S.D. R.H.
 * 5) ONLY 57% say there should be major restrictions or even a ban S.D. T.S.
 * 6) Many guns include child safety locks that require combinations S.D.
 * 7) Sawed-off shotguns can be banned because they are not "ordinary military equipment" S.D.
 * 8) A part of the constitution is in effect R.H.
 * 9) Armor piercing bullets dont kill officers R.H.
 * 10) Guns sold at gun shows have background checks few protection of the public S.D.
 * 11) Gun control issues are the main subject of congress legislation S.D.
 * 12) "Sportsmen rights" " the right to self protection" -Public opinion S.D.
 * 13) NRA supports gun //restrictions// **NOT BANS** S.D.
 * 14) Second amendment states: "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed S.D.
 * 15) "Gun-Show Loophole"-no background checks when buying guns in a private transaction S.D.

__**Agresti, James. "Gun Control Facts." just facts June 10 1999 1. 3 Apr 2009 .**__
 * 1) National Rifle association: from 1997 to 1998 political action committee gave $1,330,111 to republicans R.H. S.D. A.G.
 * 2) Gave $285,700 to democrats (NRA) S.D. R.H.
 * 3) Americans use firearms to defend themselves from criminals at least 764,000 times a year S.D. R.H.
 * 4) 1982 survey: 34% of imprisoned criminals had been "scared off, shot at" S.D. R.H.
 * 5) In 1986, 9 states had right-to-carry laws A.G.
 * 6) As of 1998 31 states have right-to-carry laws S.D.
 * 7) Between 1987 and 1996: homicide rate in U.S. dropped -0.4% when Florida adopted right-to-carry law S.D. R.H.
 * 8) 41% of households own a gun A.G
 * 9) 31% of adults own guns A.G. R.H.
 * 10) As of 1998, no permit holder has ever shots a police officer A.G.
 * 11) Right to carry laws require law enforcement agencies to issue hand guns permits A.G.
 * 12) In the year of 1998 less than 10 law enforcement officers had been killed A.G.
 * 22,443 concealed carry licenses were given to Florida between Oct. 1987 and April 1994 A.G.
 * 1) There have been several cases were a licensed civilian has had to protect an officer of the law S.D.
 * 2) As of 1998,13% of homicides involve knives, 5% involve bludgeons,6% are committed with hands and feet S.D.


 * __?, ?. Barack Obama on Gun Control. ?. 4 Apr .__**
 * 1) Barack Obama has favored for an all out ban on handguns R.H.
 * 2) Barack Obama favored ban on assault weapons R.H.
 * 3) Barack Obama wants mandatory waiting periods and background checks R.H.
 * 4) Obama sought gun control measures such as 2000 bill R.H.
 * 5) Obama voted against people to violate the local weapons ban for self-defense R.H.
 * 6) Obama voted for retired officers to carry a concealed handgun R.H.
 * 7) Keep assault guns out of inner cities R.H.
 * 8) Ban sale and transfer of assault weapons R.H.
 * 9) Increase restrictions on purchase and possesion of guns R.H.
 * 10) Require manufactures to provide a child safety lock with every gun purchase R.H.
 * 11) Require all Manufactures, importers, and dealers to have a license R.H.
 * 12) Manufactures, importers, sale or delivery of armour piercing bullets R.H.
 * 13) Stop gun dealing in the cities R.H.
 * 14) Provide common sense on gun licening R.H.
 * 15) Ban semi-automatic rifles in cities R.H.


 * __Krouse, William. Gun Control. October 3, 2002. 4 Apr 09 .__**
 * 1) Congress continue to debate the firearms and weapons R.H.
 * 2) Advocates argue that gun control helps criminals, juviniles, and other murders R.H.
 * 3) Contend that only federal messures can stop the violence R.H. T.S
 * 4) The murder group of 14-24 decresead by 47% R.H.
 * 5) Firearms decreased 22% for all age groups R.H.
 * 6) For juviniels decreased by 40% by 1993 to 1998 R.H. T.S
 * 7) The 106 th Congress considered several measures to regulate firearms. R.H T.S
 * 8) The NIJ has to reported that in 1994 44 million people have guns R.H.
 * 9) Approxmently 35% of households have guns R.H.
 * 10) Owned 192 million firearms and 65 million were handguns R.H.
 * 11) Seventy-four percent of those people were to have more than one firearm R.H.
 * 12) Opponents of gun control vary in their positions with respect to specific forms of control but generally hold that gun control laws do not accomplish what is intended T.S
 * 13) In 1996 there were 242 million firearms were availible for sale R.H.
 * 14) 72 million of these were hand guns R.H.
 * 15) These handguns were mostly pistol, revolvers, and derringers R.H.T.S.
 * 16) Most guns that are produced are produced domestically R.H.
 * 17) Recent years one to two million were manufactutured each year R.H.
 * 18) Also one million rifles and less than one million shotguns R.H. T.S.
 * 62,000 people of a violent crime use a gun for self defense thats 1% of all the crimes comitted R.H.

__**Stone, Ed. GUN CONTROL. ?. 6 Apr 09**__ [|****http://www.lafn.org/education/swl/c1gc1.htm****]__**. **__

> 1.Guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense-about 6,850 times a day S.D. > 2. Each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of citizens S.D. T.S. > 3. Even anti-gun Clinton researchers found that guns are used 1.5 million times a year for self-defense S.D. > 4. ‘Concealed carry laws’ have reduced murder and crime rates in the states that have them S.D. > 5. 8.5%, rape by 5%, aggravated assault by 7% and robbery by 3%.4 ALL DECREASED S.D. > 6. Twice as many children are killed playing football in school than are murdered by guns S.D. T.S. > 7. 2002: AB7C News poll found that almost 3/4 of the American public believe the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the rights of "individuals" to own guns S.D. T.S. > 8. 2000 poll- 85% of Americans would find it appropriate for a principal or teacher to use "a gun at school to defend the lives of students" to stop a school massacre S.D. > 9. Firearms are used almost 50 times more often to save life than to take life S.D. > 10. Less than 8% of the time, a citizen will kill or wound his/her attacker S.D. > 11. 200,000 women use a gun every year to defend themselves against sexual abuse S.D. > 12. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606) S.D. T.S. > 13. 2 % of civilian shootings involved an innocent person mistaken for a criminal S.D. > 14. ‘Error rate’ for the police 11%..thats more than five times as high! S.D. > 15. If states that don’t have concealed carry laws were to adopt them in 1992, then about 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and over 11,000 robberies would have been avoided yearly S.D. T.S. > >
 * __?, ?. The "Facts" About Handguns. ?. 7 Apr 09__** [|**http://hematite.com/dragon/antigunstat.html**]**__.__**
 * 1) Every 10 seconds a gun is made in America-3,153,600 guns per year, of all types S.D.
 * 2) A recent Justice Department study shows Americans own 65 million handguns- Since various groups have reported over 200 million guns S.D.
 * 3) Average day- more than a million Americans are carrying guns outside their workplace S.D.
 * 4) Two million more keep guns in their cars and trucks S.D.
 * 5) 1968- Congress banned the importation of cheap handguns known as "Saturday Night Specials"-junk guns S.D.
 * 40,000 Americans die each year from gunfire **BUT:** 30,862 suicides (1996);1400 as accidental (1994); 99.99% safety rate! S.D.
 * 1) 1968 Gun Control Act S.D.
 * 2) “Brady Bill” S.D.
 * 3) None of these restrictive laws (over 20,000 nationwide) have shown, any significant impact on crimes committed with guns in general S.D.
 * 4) Only one set of laws shows that it has any effect on the statistical impact on personal crimes S.D.
 * 5) Even Washington D.C. banned handguns in the home in 1976 S.D.
 * 6)  Since that time, the Capitol's murder rate has been one of the highest in the country S.D.
 * 7) 1985 study by the National Institute for Justice shows criminals fear the armed citizen more than they fear the police S.D.
 * 8) 1968- providing police with "the tools they need" or "common sense" measures S.D.
 * 9)  In several areas of the country it is nearly impossible to //legally// obtain a handgun S.D.



**__mossoff, adam. Gun Control and The Right to Self-defense. ?. 7 Apr 09 [].__** 1.
1. There is a right to own guns- man's right to self-defense- man's right to life A.G 2. National Rifle Association (NRA) and other defenders of the right to bear arms argue over statistics and interpreting the Constitution A.G. 3.  Given the principle of self-defense- you can now chose between two general types of weapons A.G. 4.  As such, weapons of mass destruction do not meet the requirements for self-defense. A.G. 5. The right to self-defense and the validity of owning small firearms -- the issue of "gun control" can now be fruitfully discussed. A.G. 6. **Gun Control has a different affect on every society that uses it A.G.** 7. Each year, more and more bills are proposed in Congress, asking for things like: the repeal of the Second Amendment, an increase of taxes on ammunition by 10,000%, the outlawing of all 9mm and .45 caliber ammunition sales to private citizens etc. A.G. 8. Federal  government banned all sales of these "assault rifles" A.G. 9. G  overnment expanded number of weapons it included : shotguns and rifles commonly used for hunting A.G. 10. "abuses of rights by the IRS under the rubric of the 'administration of the tax code' " A.G. 11. Any restriction of access to and use of guns would only give the opportunity for people with guns who may have a bad intent to act against unprotected citizens A.G. 12. In contrast, a sensible society would be completely different using gun control A.G. 13. The society will be far less violent and the government will respect individual rights A.G. 14. Gun control is an issue that requires a legal input A.G.