Semper+Fi+(Against+Gun+Control)

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Derek's notes

Lampo, David. "Gun Control: Myths and Realities." //Cato Institute//. 13 May 2000. Cato. 23 Apr 2009 .

1. Children's deaths related to guns are at record low (see site for numbers) 2. Gun shows require background checks for customers, access to guns is hard 3. States that allow concealed weapons have lower crime rates (see site for numbers) 4. Extensive waiting periods have no affect on crime rate (see site for numbers) 5. Other countries' lower kill-rates are not affected by ability to own guns (see site for numbers) 6. Most firearm usage is self-defense (see site for numbers)

Prior Knowledge

7. If citizens can't legally get guns, only criminals will have them (illegally) anyway 8. Right to bear arms ensures citizens' protection vs. government to ensure democracy 9. There are already numerous gun control laws (look these up later) 10. Founding fathers intended right to bear arms (then again, for militia purposes)

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11. Guns are used in self-defense more than they are used for criminal purposes 12. Trigger locks can be fatal in an emergency 13. Kids in California killed by crazy guy with pitchfork, gun-proficient kid cant get to locked guns, flees

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14. More suicides than homicides per year 15. States can regulate concealed weapons 16. Mental health issues affect reported public issues (Columbine) 17. Smart Guns in development 18. Westerners/Southerners more pro-gun than Northerners 19. Criminals less likely to try or succeed vs. armed civilians

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20. Militia - anyone capable of acting in group self-defense (2nd amendment) 21. Three types of people - Law makers, keepers, breakers (only breakers get banned guns) 22. Thomas Jefferson states that gun control helps 'assailants' and hurts the 'victims'

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23. Most surveyed cops agree concealed weps would lower crime 24. Most criminals surveyed agree they would less likely attack a possibly armed person 25. Bad drivers kill over 200x more people per year than guns 26. Private citizens are first line of defense, cops are late 27. UK bans everything; high crime rate anyway 28. Guns help poor people in dense cities vs. crime 29. Private citizens are usually better with guns than cops anyway 30. Doctors kill 10x more people than guns yearly 31. LA riots - armed shopowners survived 32. Many gun control advocates have armed guards 33. Childhood diseases are more fatal than guns yearly

Daniel's Notes

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1. 30 year period, gun circulation double, murder rate decreased by a third 2. Gun use for defense about 1.3 million to 2.5 million times a year 3. Defense uses are 3-5 times as often as for violence 4. With gun control, crime, suicide, or accidents haven't decreased 5. Guns don't kill people, People kill people 6. Having the right to bear arms is part of the Second Amendment 7. Gun control may scare some people away, but some others might not give up

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8. People us guns to enforce safety in their homes. 9. During a break in, the police will not get there immediately. How will a person protect themselves untill the police arrives? 10. Being at the top of the food chain, we have nothing to fear but ourselves. 11. Unarmed victims appear weak and easy to an attacker, it is most likely that they would not attack if the victim was armed. 12. If gun control happened, the strong people would still bully the weak. 13. No matter how heavy gun control is enforced, Guns will still slip through the cracks. 14. An easy way to control a person is by making them defenseless, If gun control was in affect attacks would increase. 15. Rapists and muggers would target the defenseless victims. 16. 1938-European Jews disarmed for benefit? Or to make them an easier target? 17. History shows a pattern, "Free people have guns, slaves dont" 18. Violent criminals are direct beneficiaries of gun control. 19. With gun control, terrorism could increase 20. Without gun control, people can be their own body guard. 21. A victim is likely to avoid injury by fighting back with a gun. 22. Gun control in America has failed because supporters are still alive. 23. A handgun is useless against an army, but a handgun is effective against an intruder. 24. If the Second Amendment is taken away then they might as well take the First Amendment too. 25. Human predators tend to go for passive prey, this is why gun control cannot go into effect. 26. Criminals would be less likely to attack a victim with a gun 27. People think that using gun control will lower the crime rate, Statistics say that this is proven wrong. 28. A police officer can patrol a mall witha gun, but a mother will be unable to protect her child during a break in. 29. Guns are used more for defense purposes than criminal purposes. 30. Criminals will be more likely to access guns even when gun control is active, which makes citizens weak. 31. Cops believe that crime rate would lower if concealed weapons was allowed 32. 99.8% of rapists prefer a woman to be unarmed 33. U.S. perpetrators of the practice, is to deny self-sufficiency to the victims of gun control.

PJ's Notes

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1. Guns are used in 2.5 million self defense issues 2. Concealed and carry laws have reduced crime rates in states that have approved them 3. More kids die by playing football then by getting shot. 4. England banned guns and handgun crime went up by nearly 40% 5. Allowing people to have and carry weapons keeps people from doing things like robbery, breaking and entering, and other personal crimes. 6. By the 1990's gun population greatly increased as the murder rate decreased.

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7. Many people have to go through tons of paperwork to get a gun like getting a license and etc. 8. Banning guns takes significant change in social and constitutional systems. 9. Most of these debates are based on emotions for people who ar for gun control, against gun control contains more factual information. 10. The main deal with gun control is who we trust with a gun and how much do we trust them. 11. Based on the faulty idea that people are irresponsible and do not properly know how to use a gun. 12. Banning guns will reduce crime is like banning alcohol to reduce drinking...it will never be effective.

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13. Without guns terrorism can increase 14. Police cannot get to a break in in time so the people need to defend themselves in some type of manner 15. What is a inicient bystandard suppose to do without proper protection 16.Having guns in our homes my reduce people breaking in and robbing each other because of the fear of weapons beinng turned agains them 17.Defensless victims have a great way to protect them selvelse with guns 18.It will be less likely for somone to be attacked if they control a gun 19.Lowering gun control has been proven wrong statisticly 20.Even the police believe that allowing people to carry consealed weapons will decreas crime

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21.Ownership of guns, a weapon acquired mostly for defensive or sporting purposes 22.Increasing the emotional and physical dependency 23.Gun control increases the dependence of voters on government 24.Fewer guns means greater dependency on government 25.On 28 April 1996, 32 people were shot to death, 19 were seriously injured, and three others were otherwise killed near Port Arthur, Tasmania [in Australia]. The public was immediately whipped into a gun control frenzy 26.The passage of gun control in Australia in 1996 and its expansion in 2002 has led to a complete takeover of all nine federal, state and territory legislatures by the Labor Party 27. Gun control is denial by the goverment of the right to armed self defense 28.Claimed that fewer lawfully-owned guns leads to less crime 29.Gun control potentially causes an increase in crime by restricting its main deterrent 30.Law-abiding uses of guns outnumber criminal uses by about a factor of 1000 to 1 31.The political effect of gun control is to cause voters to become more dependent emotionally on government and more supportive of bigger government 32.D.C. has one of the highest crime rates in america even thow they completley banned private handguns 33.Where gun ownership was less widespread and the gun control measures were less strict 34.Emasculation of the citizenry by gun control also arguably reduces the resistance of a society to intimidation