All of my resources for winning gun control arguments

[Casper]

Read this the other day and figured I'd pass it along.

I figured this would be helpful here, as I'm sure plenty of us have been getting into arguments with friends and neighbors who can't understand our desire to be able to defend ourselves with firearms.Below are links to all the articles, studies, etc., all from reputable news sources or academic research, that validate gun rights arguments and which you can cite to show hoplophobes how wrong they really are.

Please remember: ultimately, the best way to convince a hoplophobe they are wrong is to take them to the range, so, please, take as many liberals, urbanites and pantywaists as you can to your local high velocity lead dispensary.

• British and Australian gun bans caused violent crime (and handgun crime) to go up since they've been enacted:
  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223193/Culture-violence-Gun-crime-goes-89-decade.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1440764.stm

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=17847

• Mass shootings are not growing in frequency, despite what the talking heads screech:
  

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/rise-mass-killings-impact-huge-article-1.1221062

• Armed civilians do, and have, prevented mass murders:
  

http://www.volokh.com/2012/12/14/do-civilians-armed-with-guns-ever-capture-kill-or-otherwise-stop-mass-shooters/

• The previous "assault weapons" ban did nothing to lower crime or gun deaths:
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban#Expiration_and_effect_on_crime

• More gun ownership does not automatically mean more murders (page 673):
  

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf

• Contrary to liberal claims that more and more guns are owned by fewer and fewer people, more people are reporting they own guns than fewer:
  

http://www.gallup.com/poll/150353/self-reported-gun-ownership-highest-1993.aspx

• Even police think we should be arming civilians in schools:
  

http://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/6067353-Newtown-shooting-Why-Minutemen-can-protect-against-active-shooters/

http://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/2058168-Active-shooters-in-schools-The-enemy-is-denial

• Israel, while not arming teachers, does have armed guards and armed civilian volunteers to protect children, and has not had a school massacre since 1974:
  

http://jewishpreppers.com/2012/12/are-israeli-teachers-armed/

• A Texas school has already armed teachers without all the dire consequences lefties warn about:
  

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/12/14/4486271/texas-school-where-teachers-carry.html

• Additional general facts on guns and gun control (very good resource):
  

http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp

[jagr]

Thanks!

[2fat2fly]

Much appreciated.

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

Bazinga!

[Bad324]

Sweet!

[jch82]

Thanks!

[jbot]

i win arguments with sheer brilliance, wit, and well timed yo mama jokes.

[Gump]

Nice!

[ScubaCinci]

I like this...

* Based on survey data from the U.S. Department of Justice, roughly 5,340,000 violent crimes were committed in the United States during 2008. These include simple/aggravated assaults, robberies, sexual assaults, rapes, and murders.[13] [14] [15] Of these, about 436,000 or 8% were committed by offenders visibly armed with a gun.[16]

* Based on survey data from a 2000 study published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology,[17] U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 989,883 times per year.[18]

Although looking at it...how can people protect themselves from crime twice as much as it was perpetrated?

[Scruit]

I like this...

Although looking at it...how can people protect themselves from crime twice as much as it was perpetrated?

Defending against edged weapons, blunt weapons, implied guns and multiple assailants?

[ScubaCinci]

Defending against edged weapons, blunt weapons, implied guns and multiple assailants?

Thank you. Joe no function beer well without.

[swingset]

Holy fuck, JRMMii is probably going to have Google-tourettes in response to that.

Magz and serpentracer are due any minute too...for a volley of "but guns are designed for killing". When it's all you have left, gotta use it I guess even if it's not relevant.

[scottb]

i win arguments with sheer brilliance, wit, and well timed yo mama jokes.

And, as a last resort, you have the threat of curb stomping a puppy

[jbot]

old faithful

[jagr]

Jesse "The Body" Ventura Vs Piers.

http://youtu.be/eg-AhuA_6lY

[jagr]

And, as a last resort, you have the threat of curb stomping a puppy

Or eating it.

Love you long time Jbot.

[scottb]

Or eating it.

Jbot does know how to wok a dog.

[Pokey]

Holy fuck, JRMMii is probably going to have Google-tourettes in response to that.

Magz and serpentracer are due any minute too...for a volley of "but guns are designed for killing". When it's all you have left, gotta use it I guess even if it's not relevant.

[CephasGT]

Guns are made for killing. Bad guys. That's why I have them.

[wht_scorpion]

Guns are made for harvesting animals this is what they say in NY.

[CephasGT]

Most criminals I would shoot at don't rise far above the level of animals. For that matter, I prefer most animals to a human being that would attack/rob/rape me...