PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
1. Why is it that the Founders respected the citizenry as responsible and law abiding
.yet, today, we hear the call to disarm the population in the name of public safety? Conservatives have that fundamental faith in Americans that is absent from the Leftists who populate half of the nation.
a. The Founders considered the right to bear arms so basic, so important, that it appears in the Bill of Rights second only to the right to free expression.
2. Perhaps redefining right is in order.
a. A right is something an individual has by virtue of being human.
b. Human beings are the only entities that have rights.
c. Rights belong to each human individually.
d. Rights are exercised by individuals, and are not given nor ascribed by any person of group, especially governments.
e. Rights are voluntary, in that individuals may choose whether to either exercise them or to ignore them.
f. Individual cannot have a right that infringes upon or diminishes the rights of others.
g. Whereas the right to bear arms and free expression require nothing but governmental promise of protection, fake rights entail government coercive redirection of private resources.
Richard Lorenc, Reinventing The Right, p. 33-34.
3. But, they say, many die due to the prevalence of gun. And, actually, in 2006 there were 642 reported cases of unintentional deaths by firearms.
Definitions for WISQARS Fatal - NCIPC and http://www.life123.com/arts-culture/artists/Number-of-Accidental-Gun-Deaths-Per-Year and
a. Near as I can figure, thats about 0.0002646 of all deaths that year. NCHS Pressroom - 2008 Press Release - Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2006
b. Compare that to about 40,000 accidental deaths on our highways, or the nearly 225,000 deaths attributed to medical errors. How Common Are Medical Mistakes? - RightDiagnosis.com
4. While the majority of public safety schemes revolve around increasing government power, isnt there an argument that outlawing guns would make us safer?
No. Anti-gun laws would have no effect on criminals, as they dont obey laws in the first place thats what makes them criminals.
a. In London, where gun control is unreasonably strict, and a war on knives is in progress, the chances of being mugged are six times greater than in New York City. None of this was supposed to happen in the country whose stringent gun laws and 1997 ban on handguns have been hailed as the "gold standard" of gun control.
Gun Control's Twisted Outcome - Reason.com
b. In reality, the English approach has not reduced violent crime. Instead it has left law-abiding citizens at the mercy of criminals who are confident that their victims have neither the means nor the legal right to resist them. Imitating this model would be a public safety disaster for the United States. Ibid.
c. Violent crime rate per 100,000: The UK, 2,034; the U.S., 466 per 100,000 HOPE? UK: 2,034 Violent Crimes Per 100k People Vs U.S. At 466 - TheCount.com News | Gossip | Meme
5. So what kinds of firearms laws or combinations of such laws decrease violent crime?
The Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws or combinations of laws reviewed on violent outcomes.
First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws
None. Not any. More laws is hardly the answer.
6. The only correct procedure is to do as the conservatives who wrote the Bill of Rights ordered in the second amendment, and not the go-easy-on-criminals that Liberal Democrats favor.
a. Does this make us safer?
CA Gov. Brown Paroles 377 Convicted Killers CA Gov. Brown Paroles 377 Convicted Killers
Government's function is to protect individual liberty....not curtail it.
Trust the citizen.
Jail the law-breaker.
a. The Founders considered the right to bear arms so basic, so important, that it appears in the Bill of Rights second only to the right to free expression.
2. Perhaps redefining right is in order.
a. A right is something an individual has by virtue of being human.
b. Human beings are the only entities that have rights.
c. Rights belong to each human individually.
d. Rights are exercised by individuals, and are not given nor ascribed by any person of group, especially governments.
e. Rights are voluntary, in that individuals may choose whether to either exercise them or to ignore them.
f. Individual cannot have a right that infringes upon or diminishes the rights of others.
g. Whereas the right to bear arms and free expression require nothing but governmental promise of protection, fake rights entail government coercive redirection of private resources.
Richard Lorenc, Reinventing The Right, p. 33-34.
3. But, they say, many die due to the prevalence of gun. And, actually, in 2006 there were 642 reported cases of unintentional deaths by firearms.
Definitions for WISQARS Fatal - NCIPC and http://www.life123.com/arts-culture/artists/Number-of-Accidental-Gun-Deaths-Per-Year and
a. Near as I can figure, thats about 0.0002646 of all deaths that year. NCHS Pressroom - 2008 Press Release - Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2006
b. Compare that to about 40,000 accidental deaths on our highways, or the nearly 225,000 deaths attributed to medical errors. How Common Are Medical Mistakes? - RightDiagnosis.com
4. While the majority of public safety schemes revolve around increasing government power, isnt there an argument that outlawing guns would make us safer?
No. Anti-gun laws would have no effect on criminals, as they dont obey laws in the first place thats what makes them criminals.
a. In London, where gun control is unreasonably strict, and a war on knives is in progress, the chances of being mugged are six times greater than in New York City. None of this was supposed to happen in the country whose stringent gun laws and 1997 ban on handguns have been hailed as the "gold standard" of gun control.
Gun Control's Twisted Outcome - Reason.com
b. In reality, the English approach has not reduced violent crime. Instead it has left law-abiding citizens at the mercy of criminals who are confident that their victims have neither the means nor the legal right to resist them. Imitating this model would be a public safety disaster for the United States. Ibid.
c. Violent crime rate per 100,000: The UK, 2,034; the U.S., 466 per 100,000 HOPE? UK: 2,034 Violent Crimes Per 100k People Vs U.S. At 466 - TheCount.com News | Gossip | Meme
5. So what kinds of firearms laws or combinations of such laws decrease violent crime?
The Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws or combinations of laws reviewed on violent outcomes.
First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws
None. Not any. More laws is hardly the answer.
6. The only correct procedure is to do as the conservatives who wrote the Bill of Rights ordered in the second amendment, and not the go-easy-on-criminals that Liberal Democrats favor.
a. Does this make us safer?
CA Gov. Brown Paroles 377 Convicted Killers CA Gov. Brown Paroles 377 Convicted Killers
Government's function is to protect individual liberty....not curtail it.
Trust the citizen.
Jail the law-breaker.