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"Do Strict Gun Laws Really Stop Gun Crime?"

 

http://news.yahoo.com/strict-gun-laws-really-stop-gun-crime-030423815.html

 

"The gun control movement tried for some 30 years from the 1960s to the 1990s to ban handguns. By and large, they failed. The only places they succeeded were the District of Columbia, Chicago, and the small towns outside of Chicago. The gun control movement tried by referendum in Massachusetts to be precise, to ban handguns. It failed. It failed in California in the 1980?s. By the late 1980?s, the gun control movement was searching around for something ot keep it alive. What kept it alive was, they decided, 'We'll go after assault weapons.'"

 

Cottrol pointed to the quote by Joshua Sugarman, founder of the Violence Policy Institute, who wrote of assault weapons in his book "Assault Weapons and Accessories in America," "Assault weapons--just like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearms--are a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons--anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun--can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons."

 

Cottrol argued that the anti-gun movement used assault weapons "to fool the public into accepting a movement that had been rejected not simply in conservative red states, but also in blue states."

 

"Not only is this something that's suffering from poor draftsmanship," Cottrol told TheBlaze, "but one where the core concept is essentially dishonest." "

"Applying the Lessons of One of Texas’s Most Infamous Shootings to Sandy Hook"

 

http://news.yahoo.com/applying-lessons-one-texas-most-infamous-shootings-sandy-112040706.html

 

A good quote from the article: "It is time to empower Americans to defend themselves, rather than make it more difficult for them to do so." - Congressman Steve Stockman

Can the Government Ban ‘Assault Weapons’? Constitutional Experts Weigh In

 

http://news.yahoo.com/government-ban-assault-weapons-constitutional-experts-weigh-125219171.html

How much do you know about the Second Amendment? A quiz.

 

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2011/1104/How-much-do-you-know-about-the-Second-Amendment-A-quiz/Topic-of-Second-Amendment

"The Pro-Gun Billboard in Colo. That Has Some Residents Upset"

 

http://news.yahoo.com/pro-gun-billboard-colo-residents-upset-120046702.html

"Applying the Lessons of One of Texas’s Most Infamous Shootings to Sandy Hook"

 

http://news.yahoo.co...-112040706.html

 

A good quote from the article: "It is time to empower Americans to defend themselves, rather than make it more difficult for them to do so." - Congressman Steve Stockman

 

Nice article. Too bad our electorate here in NJ only cares about looking like they did something instead of taking a stand and doing something meaningful.

Agreed. I am taking steps to empower myself to be better prepared for the things that life can / will throw at me. It's a motto that was instilled on me for most of my life and one that I will continue to remember every day.

"The Firearms Statistics That Gun Control Advocates Don’t Want to See"

 

http://news.yahoo.com/firearms-statistics-gun-control-advocates-don-t-want-194040384.html

Nice!

"The Firearms Statistics That Gun Control Advocates Don’t Want to See"

 

http://news.yahoo.co...-194040384.html

 

Great info to use against the antis.