Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Just the facts

In light of one of the subject close to my heart (the shooting sports) and the debates raging in society and the misinformation out there I thought I would provide this list of articles. The intent of these articles is to push through the emotional based arguments and provide factual counter arguments.


The average middle school, high school, or college can expect an on-campus shooting about once every 12,000 years.

2004 NIJ report: "...the [AW] ban’s effects on gun violence were likely small at best, and perhaps too small for reliable measurement.” (PDF)

"The clamor for gun control is the cry of sheltered utopians believing that evil is a substance as finite as guns…" -

Post-Newtown witch hunt: NRA president and members bombarded with death threats

Crazy people don't need guns: Bath School disaster of 1927 was the deadliest school mass-murder in U.S. history:

Why don't we treat schools like airplanes --> Media Dismisses Fact that Show of Force Stopped CT School Shooter

What gun control can and can't do

Media myths on ‘assault weapons’ and ‘semiautomatic firearms’

County Police Chief Recommends Arming School Personnel

How Do We Know an 'Assault Weapon' Ban Would Not Have Stopped Adam Lanza? Because It Didn't.

Why Gun Control Doesn't work

"Rate of gun murder at lowest point since at least 1981

School Shooting in Tennessee That National Media Did Not Report

Mass shootings are *not* happening more frequently.

Disarming the Myths Promoted By the Gun Control Lobby

A long read, but worth it! It explains the mindset of why so many US citizens want YOU not to have rifles and other firearms.

Holder: executive actions to be considered on gun violence

Congressional Research Service report: Under 2% of gun crimes involve "assault weapons" 

Is buying a gun a suicidal act?

Gun Control: History, Philosophy and Ethics (VIDEO)

Shooting Deaths and Gun Control, The Critique (VIDEO)

EDITORIAL Response to ‘Florida Firearm Violence Hits Record Low; Concealed Gun Permits Up’

5 Facts About Guns, Schools, And Violence

Guns and Freedom

Racist Roots of Gun Control (LINK 1) (LINK 2) (LINK 3)

A mega ton of gun facts

Do We Want Better Enforcement of Misguided Gun Restrictions?
"Universal background checks" could unjustly deny millions of people the right to armed self-defense.

REGISTRATION WILL LEAD TO CONFISCATION

Why Young Women Want AR-15s

Why Licensing Gun Owners Is Unworkable and (Probably) Unconstitutional

Making Sense of Mass-Shooting Statistics (Mother Jones is full of bull doo-doo)

If It Makes Sense to Ban Adam Lanza's Gun, What About His Car?

No, Mr. Vice President. Cops Today Are Not 'Outgunned.'

Poll: Americans, Especially Young Ones, Say People "Should Be Allowed" to Own Assault Weapons

Extensive CDC study concluded not a single federal or state gun law reduced crime.

7 Anti-Gun Myths That Need to Be Debunked ASAP

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