1. By John Hirschfield and David Carey

2. Amendment II A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

3. The Right to Bear Arms

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5. [Thomas Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, 1 T. Jefferson Papers, 334 (C.J. Boyd, Ed., 1950)] ANTI-GUN CONTROL The Founding Fathers’ meant for Americans to have guns: “No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms”

6. ANTI-GUN CONTROL Most handguns are owned for defensive reasons. http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Kleck/point-blank-summary.html

7. http://www.nrahq.org/safety/rtba v/ ANTI-GUN CONTROL “Like you, I've felt the fear of being female in a society where violence against women is commonplace. That's why I decided that I refuse to be a victim, and why I'm active in the NRA.” Susan Howard

8. http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn- firearms/Kleck/point-blank- summary.html ANTI-GUN CONTROL Most guns, especially long guns, are owned for recreational reasons, such as hunting, and are not connected with crime.

9. http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn- firearms/Kleck/point-blank- summary.html ANTI-GUN CONTROL Criminal gun users most often get their guns by buying them from friends or by theft and will not be stopped by gun control laws.

10. ANTI-GUN CONTROL Any waiting period during gun purchase or denial of gun ownership is violating the Second Amendment.

11. www.guncite.com ANTI-GUN CONTROL Gun Supply Myth

12. PRO GUN CONTROL Too much violent crime “In 1996 alone, 34,040 Americans died by gunfire.” (http://www.vpc.org/studies/whointro.htm) Widespread gun ownership allows widespread violence

13. http://www.vpc.org/studies/whoin tro.htm PRO-GUN CONTROL Guns are almost the only manufactured consumer product that isn’t under health and safety regulations by the government

14. PRO-GUN CONTROL The Founding Fathers did not want a violent society.

15. http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/seco ndfs.htm PRO-GUN CONTROL The Supreme Court has ruled on many occasions that the 2nd Amendment should be applied in the context of protecting state militias, not the individual’s right to bear arms. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals even ruled that “possession of handguns by individuals is not part of the right to keep and bear arms.”

16. PRO GUN CONTROL Accidental deaths from guns are too common. Without strict gun control laws, guns get in the hands of ex-convicts, spouse abusers, and people with mental illness.

17. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp- srv/digest/daily/june/27/bradysign.htm THE BRADY BILL signed Dec. 1993 “The Brady Bill requires a five-day waiting period during which local police are required to conduct a criminal background check of prospective handgun buyers. The legislation authorizes spending $200 million a year to computerize criminal background information to create an instant-check system over the next five years. ”

18. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp- srv/digest/daily/june/27/bradysign.htm The Brady Bill "I come from a state where half the folks have hunting and fishing licenses. We have taken this important part of the life of millions of Americans and turned it into an instrument of maintaining madness," Clinton said, "Would I let anybody change that life in America? Not on your life. Has that got anything to do with the Brady bill or assault weapons? Of course not."

19. Jonesboro Tragedy School buses pass a white bow, put up in memory of the four girls and teacher killed at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Ark. On March 24, 1998 two boys ages 11 and 13 opened fire at the school after stealing rifles and handguns from one of the children’s grandfathers. (Mark Humphrey/AP photo)