By John Hirschfield and David Carey

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The Second Amendment

• By John Hirschfield and David Carey

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Amendment IIA 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.
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The Right to Bear Arms
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ANTI-GUN CONTROL

• The Founding Fathers meant for Americans to have
  guns No free man shall ever be debarred the use
  of arms

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ANTI-GUN CONTROL

• Most handguns are owned for defensive reasons.
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ANTI-GUN CONTROL

• Like you, I've felt the fear of being female in
  a
  society where violence against women is
  commonplace.
  That's why I decided that I refuse
  to be a victim, and why
  I'm active in the NRA.
• Susan Howard

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ANTI-GUN CONTROL

• Most guns, especially long guns, are owned for
  recreational reasons, such as hunting, and are
  not connected with crime.

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ANTI-GUN CONTROL

• Criminal gun users most often get their guns by
  buying them from friends or by theft and will not
  be stopped by gun control laws.

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ANTI-GUN CONTROL

• Any waiting period during gun purchase or denial
  of gun ownership is violating the Second
  Amendment.

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ANTI-GUN CONTROL

• Gun Supply Myth

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PRO GUN CONTROL

• Too much violent crime
• In 1996 alone, 34,040 Americans died by
  gunfire. (http//www.vpc.org/studies/whointro.ht
  m)
• Widespread gun ownership allows widespread
  violence

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PRO-GUN CONTROL

• Guns are almost the only manufactured consumer
  product that isnt under health and safety
  regulations by the government

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PRO-GUN CONTROL

• The Founding Fathers did not want a violent
  society.

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PRO-GUN CONTROL

• The Supreme Court has ruled on many occasions
  that the 2nd Amendment should be applied in the
  context of protecting state militias, not the
  individuals right to bear arms.
• The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals even ruled that
  possession of handguns by individuals is not
  part of the right to keep and bear arms.

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PRO GUN CONTROL

• Accidental deaths from guns are too common.
• Without strict gun control laws, guns get in the
  hands of ex-convicts, spouse abusers, and people
  with mental illness.

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THE BRADY BILL signed Dec. 1993

• The Brady Bill requires a five-day waiting
  period during which local police are required to
  conduct a criminal background check of
  prospective handgun buyers. The legislation
  authorizes spending 200 million a year to
  computerize criminal background information to
  create an instant-check system over the next five
  years.

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The Brady Bill

• "I come from a state where half the folks have
  hunting and fishing licenses. We have taken this
  important part of the life of millions of
  Americans and turned it into an instrument of
  maintaining madness," Clinton said, "Would I let
  anybody change that life in America? Not on your
  life. Has that got anything to do with the Brady
  bill or assault weapons? Of course not."

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Jonesboro Tragedy
School buses pass a white bow, put up in memory
of the four girls and teacher killed at Westside
Middle School in Jonesboro, Ark. On March 24,
1998 two boys ages 11 and 13 opened fire at the
school after stealing rifles and handguns from
one of the childrens grandfathers. (Mark
Humphrey/AP photo)