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“Smashing the Gun Control (human control) argument is so easy that even a Columbia journalism major could do it, if they some how possessed the courage to try. What follows is a simple three step process to addressing the argument for civilian disarmament. All so-called “gun control” regulations exempt the government, or more aptly, employees of the state.
Gun control laws also by definition exempt criminals and those with criminal intent. A criminal is a person prone to or engaged in “unlawful activity”. Therefore, Malum Prohibitum laws concerning firearms will not prevent a criminal from possessing or using a gun in the commission of a crime. A violation of an existing Malum Prohibitum statute is merely an additional charge to add to the charges of Murder, Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assaulter, etc.
If the stated purpose of the gun control law is to “save lives” we can clearly see that criminal behavior will not be affected as they have already made a conscious decision to violate the law. To state that a creature, who is willing to violate Malum In Se through the act of murder, robbery, rape, etc., will be dissuaded from using a firearm during the aforementioned acts by a new Malum Prohibitum statute is the height of childish naivete and blind, emotionally driven foolishness.
Considering the previous facts, supposed gun control laws have only one true legitimate target; the civilian. Only law-abiding citizens are genuinely effected by further restrictions. Ergo, gun control is tantamount civilian or citizen disarmament, it cannot and does not affect anyone else.
3 Steps
#1 Self-Defense
Ask you subject whether or not a man or a woman (any human being) has a legitimate right to self-defense. Does a person posses the legal right to defend themselves against unlawful attack? If the person you are speaking to hesitates and says anything but “yes”, your conversation is over. Should the subject say “yes, but…” then they do not believe it. They are a slave to the state and cannot be saved. You are finished with them, move on with your life.
“A man who cannot be persuaded to take up arms, even in the defense of that which he holds most dear, even for the protection of his own life, is the most selfish and vile of all creatures. That creature is no man at all and deserves neither respect nor serious consideration.”
#2 The Police
Ask the subject if it is the responsibility of the state, the police, to protect you (the people) from criminal attacks. Do you believe that the police are required to protect you by law? Unless they have been previously educated, your subject may naively respond to the effect that yes, the police must protect you, it is the law.
It is in fact NOT the law that the state, the police, protect individual citizens from attack or harm. In Warren vs. District of Columbia the court found that the D.C. police “owe no specific duty” to protect individuals from criminal harm. Therefore the District was held harmless. Warren was a woman who, along with her two female roommates, was brutalized horribly after the D.C. police were called but never arrived to help.
In a more recent case, the Manhattan Supreme Court ruled that the city of New York could not be sued after NYPD officers failed to stop a man from being brutally stabbed on a subway, even though the officers were present when the attack occurred. The court again found that the police had “no special duty” to protect citizens as individuals.
#3 Tools
Arriving safely at this point with our subject, we will reinforce the fact that self-defense is a human right and that the state does not have a legal duty to protect individual citizens from criminal harm. Now it is time to discuss the tools. This step will include a short battery of questions.
If someone is trying to kill you or a loved one, is it legal to use a hammer as a tool to stop them? …is it legal to use a knife to stop them? …a gun to stop them? …a coffee pot to stop them?
If the answer to the battery of question is yes, you can continue with a final two part question.
Does the tool used for self-defense have any bearing on whether or not the defense was justified? Or, are the person’s actions what justifies self-defense, not the object used?
In Conclusion:
Having come to the conclusion of the discussion. Your subject should agree that every human has a natural right to self-defense. They understand that the government/police have no duty to protect you as an individual (and in reality cannot). Finally, it is not the object that determines what is and is not justifiable self-defense but the actions of the person.
With the common ground established between you and a person that possesses the capacity for rational thought, you are now able to pose what should be a rhetorical question. What is the purpose of gun control laws, other than to hinder the law abiding and offer an imaginary “feel good” solution to a human behavior problem?“
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I’m sick of the Obama administration using tragedies like this to further their political agenda. The facts don’t support gun control, quite the opposite. In a shocking fit of common sense spree killers are attracted to gun free zones since they know that no one there can fight back… sigh. Here are some actual, relevant facts about guns:
**The only way to stop homicidal violence is with homicidal violence. In the Oregon case it was administered by the cops. It sounds like they responded fairly quickly, about ten minutes, but not nearly as fast as an responsible, armed student or teacher could have.
**Unlike the rest of us, bad guys don’t follow the law. Murder is already illegal, so why sweat something minor like violating a gun free zone, especially when you’re suicidal as most spree killers are anyway.
**That school is a gun free zone.To bad guys “gun free” equals “target rich” because victims can’t fight back. In fact, the Colorado theater shooter passed up 7 larger venues closer to his apartment in favor of the one that was labeled gun free to commit his shooting spree. That behavior is not uncommon.
**Existing background checks stop roughly a million people a year from obtaining guns because they are convicted felons, have protection orders against them for domestic violence, or have a history of mental illness. From what’s been reported so far, no new or existing law would have stopped this guy.
**There’s always a foreshadowing of events like this. Apparently he was a loser loner with serious anger/emotional issues, was obsessed with the whack-a-mole who shot the reporters on live TV, and was vehemently anti-Christian. It should have been no surprise that this or something like it was coming. Folks need to pull their heads out of the sand and take preventative action, telling authorities when they see this sort of thing.
**The mental health system needs an overhaul. That would be more effective than any gun law, ban, or whatever which only affects law abiding, sane citizens.
**Guns save lives. Despite the fact that most incidents never make the news, ordinary citizens use guns defensively against criminal attacks somewhere between 760,000 and 3,500,000 times per year in the US.
**Guns keep women safe. The risk of serious injury from a criminal attack is 2.5 times greater for women offering no resistance than for women resisting with a gun.
**Gun ownership reduces crime. Laws permitting individuals to carry concealed weapons reduce murder rates by about ten percent, with similar declines in other violent crimes.
**Legal gun owners are almost always the good guys. Contrary to a popular misconception, concealed handguns by permit holders are virtually never involved in the commission of any crime, let alone murder.
Lawrence, Excellent “On Target” comment.