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Charlton Heston's Speech At Harvard Law School
A great speech about the Second Amendment and "political correctness." Inspirational and moving.
Charlton Heston's Speech To National Press Club
A lesson in Constitutional freedoms admonishing the press for their selective enthusiasm.
Charlton Heston's Speech At The NRA Annual Meeting Held In Colorado
Another speech right on target, given under the most difficult circumstances, right after the shootings at Columbine HS in Colorado.
Now, a researcher at the University of Michigan has documented evidence of the media bias against the NRA. Of course, you knew it, but now, someone has bothered to prove it. Great reading.
My observations on a recent visit to the U.N. in N.Y. Plus, documentation on the U.N.'s threat to gunowners everywhere. Unfortunately, there's more.
The Gods Of The Copybook Headings
What does this poem by Rudyard Kipling have to do with gun control? Great advice by a great man.
85% of Americans believe people should have the right to use firearms to defend themselves in their homes.
64% favor allowing law-abiding citizens to carry firearms for personal protection outside their homes.
72% favor stiffer sentences for criminals who use a gun in crime rather than more gun laws. (Survey of registered voters, Lawrence Research, 1998.)
Guns in the US - 200 million, including 60-65 million handguns.
Gun owners in the US - 60-65 million, including 30-35 million who own handguns.
Owners who have used guns for defense - 11% of firearm owners, 13% of handgun owners.
Annual criminal gun use - less than 0.2% of firearms, less than 0.4% of handguns.
About 99.8% of firearms and more than 99.6% of handguns will not be used to commit violent crimes in any given year. (Source: FBI data on gun related crimes and survey research on gun ownership.)
Are gun locks, as President Clinton says, a "no brainer"? Yes, indeed. Contrary to the impression created by sensationalist media, fatal firearms accidents involving children are far from common. According to the National Safety Council, there were about 30 fatal gun deaths in 1995 among children ages 0 to 4, less than 40 for ages 5 to 9. Any parent knows that the death of a single child is unspeakably tragic, yet, the number of toddlers who die from gun accidents is fewer than the number who die from drowning in buckets and much lower than the 500 who die in swimming pools. Why isn't the Clinton administration cracking down on bucket manufacturers or requiring more pool fence regulations? (LP News, July, 1999)
If you own a gun and are not a member of the NRA, you are making a big mistake. Every member of the NRA makes a difference. You count statistically in a big way. So, join the NRA today. Right now, while you're thinking about it.
More Guns Less Crime -
Multiple regression analyses are rarely the subject of heated public debate or 225-page books for laypeople. But John R. Lott, Jr.'s study in the January 1997 Journal of Legal Studies showing that concealed-carry weapons permits reduced the crime rate set off a firestorm. The updated study, together with illustrative anecdotes and a short description of the political and academic response to the study, as well as responses to the responses, makes up Lott's informative More Guns, Less Crime.
In retrospect, it perhaps should not have been surprising that increasing the number of civilians with guns would reduce crime rates. The possibility of armed victims reduces the expected benefits and increases the expected costs of criminal activity. And, at the margin at least, people respond to changes in costs, even for crime, as Nobel-Prize winning economist Gary Becker showed long ago. Allusions to the preferences of criminals for unarmed victims have seeped into popular culture; Ringo, a British thug in Pulp Fiction, noted off-handedly why he avoided certain targets: "Bars, liquor stores, gas stations, you get your head blown off stickin' up one of them."
But Lott's actual quantification of this, in the largest and most comprehensive study of the effects of gun control to date, a study well-detailed in the book, provoked a number of attacks, ranging from the amateurish to the subtly misleading, desperate to discredit him. Lott takes the time to refute each argument; it's almost touching the way he footnotes each time he telephones an attacker who eventually hangs up on him without substantiating any of their claims.
Lott loses a little focus when he leaves his firm quantitative base; as an economist, he should know that the low number of rejected background checks under the Brady Bill doesn't demonstrate anything by itself, because some people may have been deterred from even undergoing the background check in the first place, but he attacks the bill on this ground anyway. But the conclusions that are backed by evidence--that concealed-weapons permits reduce crime, and do so at a lower cost to society than increasing the number of police or prisons--are important ones that should be considered by policymakers. (Amazon.com synopsis)
Lost Rights - The Destruction Of American Liberty -
Journalist Bovard presents an entertaining and outrageous expose of the misuse of government control. He maintains that the only way many government agencies can measure their "public service" is by the number of citizens they harass, hinder, restrain or jail. Lost Rights provides an analysis of the bloated excess of government and the plight of contemporary Americans.
The Samurai, The Mountie, And The Cowboy -
This book was named Book of the Year by the American Society of Criminology's Division of International Criminology. The book is by far the most in-depth exploration of how gun control works in other democracies, and what lessons are to be learned. Chapter by chapter, the book examines gun laws--and the social, historical, and cultural context of those laws--in Japan, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, and Switzerland. The book then turns to the United States, studying the history of guns and gun control in the United States, and concluding with policy recommendations geared to the special circumstances of the United States.
Guns, Crime, And Freedom -
An examination of the gun-control debate by the CEO of the National Rifle Association argues that taking away guns from those who acquire them legally is a dangerous idea and states that the criminal justice system, and not gun control, is behind our nation's problem.National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre uses statistics and clearheaded reasoning to present his case for revamping our criminal justice system, in this measured argument against gun control that cuts to the heart of the current gun control debate. Foreword by Tom Clancy.
The Great American Gun Debate -
Like few books before it, The Great American Gun Debate: Essays on Firearms and Violence, by Don B. Kates Jr. and Gary Kleck, pulls together the paramount sociological and criminological issues involved in this very public debate. The result is a readable, concise, and convincing argument that prohibiting civilian firearms possession is an ineffective--indeed, a counterproductive--means to deal with America's crime problem.
That Every Man Be Armed -
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology said,
"THAT EVERY MAN BE ARMED is the first scholarly book that is both comprehensive and in-depth. It is suitable for a very wide audience."
The Best Defense -
True stories of intended victims who defended themselves with a firearm by Robert A. Waters. Received high ratings at Amazon.com.
You don't have to do a lifetime of reading; these books say it all. They are statistically proven, logically researched with the facts and figures supplied by US government agencies.
Learn the history and contemplate the facts. Don't allow your rights to be systematically destroyed in the name of "security." Remember what Ben Franklin said,"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
The National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association Institute For Legislative Action (NRA-ILA)
The Second Amendment Foundation
The Citizens Committee For the Right to Keep And Bear Arms (CCRKBA)
Write To Your Senator - Complete List With E-Mail Addresses
Write To Your Representative - Complete List With E-Mail Addresses
"Guns and penises" - Camille Paglia's on-the-mark, hillarious article about the causes behind the Columbine HS shootings and the problem with people who misuse firearms.
OverLawyered.com - Check out this site; it's a must. Presents many facts and opinions regarding the use of the legal system against gun manufacturers to accomplish what could not be done in the legislature. Or click here for a complete listing of firearms litigation resources.
Don't forget to check out the info in my Libertarian Party room.
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