Do you know your rights with in the second amendments and what it protects? What about state specific laws? Are rights are being threatened today, will we still have the right that our for fathers wrote into the bill of rights? This is to inform you of your rights, that without guns available to the average person gun deaths will increase or stay the same , and the fact and fiction of gun violence. The Second Amendment of the US Constitution reads, "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." Some people take this to mean only militiamen are completely protected by the constitution. However Justice Antonin Scalia, LLB, in the June 26,
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However John R. Lott, Jr., PhD, author of More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, stated, "States with the largest increases in gun ownership also have the largest drops in violent crimes... The effect on 'shall-issue' [concealed weapons] laws on these crimes [where two or more people were killed] has been dramatic. When states passed these laws, the number of multiple-victim shootings declined by 84 percent. Deaths from these shootings plummeted on average by 90 percent and injuries by 82 percent." Journalist John Stossel explained, "Criminals don't obey the law… Without the fear of retaliation from victims who might be packing heat, criminals in possession of these weapons now have a much easier job... As the saying goes, 'If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.'” It is easier than the government would like to get guns illegally through the black market. Most criminals would be less afraid of being shot until police got to the scene without the chance of a concealed firearm holder standing by. If someone wanted to have a gun bad enough they could get one and the people they want guns that bad are not good for the general public. If there is going to be a mass shooting and a bystander pulls out a concealed pistol and shoots the shooter in the leg then you have minimal deaths or injuries and no cop has to take a life and get pulled off duty for a …show more content…
There are not 2.5milion mass shootings a year. Some people dislike the “permitless carry” because it is portrayed to cause more deaths. However for example, Vermont, which has long had permitless carry, has also long had one of the lowest violent crime rates in the nation. There were 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013: 270,237 suicides (58.2% of total deaths); 174,773 homicides (37.7%); and 9,983 unintentional deaths (2.2%). That makes 60.4% of deaths not homicides or 280,230. Guns only caused 1.3% of all deaths between 1999 and 2013. Guns primary cause is for hunting not shooting other people as everyone wants to make you think. In 2011, there were 13.7 million hunters 16 years old or older in the United States, and they spent $7.7 billion on guns, sights, ammunition, and other hunting equipment. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, "So-called 'Assault weapons' are more often than not less powerful than other hunting rifles. The term 'assault weapon' was conjured up by anti-gun legislators to scare voters into thinking these firearms are something out of a horror movie… The Colt AR-15 and Springfield M1A, both labeled 'assault weapons,' are the rifles most used for marksmanship competitions in the United States. And their cartridges are
However John R. Lott, Jr., PhD, author of More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, stated, "States with the largest increases in gun ownership also have the largest drops in violent crimes... The effect on 'shall-issue' [concealed weapons] laws on these crimes [where two or more people were killed] has been dramatic. When states passed these laws, the number of multiple-victim shootings declined by 84 percent. Deaths from these shootings plummeted on average by 90 percent and injuries by 82 percent." Journalist John Stossel explained, "Criminals don't obey the law… Without the fear of retaliation from victims who might be packing heat, criminals in possession of these weapons now have a much easier job... As the saying goes, 'If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.'” It is easier than the government would like to get guns illegally through the black market. Most criminals would be less afraid of being shot until police got to the scene without the chance of a concealed firearm holder standing by. If someone wanted to have a gun bad enough they could get one and the people they want guns that bad are not good for the general public. If there is going to be a mass shooting and a bystander pulls out a concealed pistol and shoots the shooter in the leg then you have minimal deaths or injuries and no cop has to take a life and get pulled off duty for a …show more content…
There are not 2.5milion mass shootings a year. Some people dislike the “permitless carry” because it is portrayed to cause more deaths. However for example, Vermont, which has long had permitless carry, has also long had one of the lowest violent crime rates in the nation. There were 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013: 270,237 suicides (58.2% of total deaths); 174,773 homicides (37.7%); and 9,983 unintentional deaths (2.2%). That makes 60.4% of deaths not homicides or 280,230. Guns only caused 1.3% of all deaths between 1999 and 2013. Guns primary cause is for hunting not shooting other people as everyone wants to make you think. In 2011, there were 13.7 million hunters 16 years old or older in the United States, and they spent $7.7 billion on guns, sights, ammunition, and other hunting equipment. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, "So-called 'Assault weapons' are more often than not less powerful than other hunting rifles. The term 'assault weapon' was conjured up by anti-gun legislators to scare voters into thinking these firearms are something out of a horror movie… The Colt AR-15 and Springfield M1A, both labeled 'assault weapons,' are the rifles most used for marksmanship competitions in the United States. And their cartridges are