Obvious to us.

P95Carry · January 31st, 2006, 08:19 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...013001358.html

Quote:

Handgun Risks: Another Perspective

Tuesday, January 31, 2006; Page A16

The Jan. 16 editorial "Killing Made Easy" advocated a national ban on handguns and said such a ban had been proposed a decade ago. It then asked, "So what's new today?"

Here's the answer: Since 1993 the U.S. handgun murder rate has decreased 48 percent, even as the number of privately owned handguns in America has increased by more than 20 million. Today, murder rates are at a 39-year low and the rate for total violent crime is at a 30-year low.

Handguns are statistically the most effective means of self-defense against a criminal attack, and handguns are used for self-defense approximately three times more often than they are used in victimizations. It's arrogant and elitist to advocate depriving Americans of the right to decide how to best protect themselves and their families.

CHRIS W. COX

Executive Director

National Rifle Association

Institute for Legislative Action

Fairfax

Bumper · January 31st, 2006, 09:35 PM

Amen, Brother Chris!

PatrioticRick · January 31st, 2006, 11:28 PM

I'm with ya

Wayne · February 1st, 2006, 07:53 PM

It doesn't matter to the anti's what is fact and what is fiction. If it agrees with their agenda then it's fact to them. If it goes against then it's fiction.

And if they ever get their way it will be the same as it is now in England. After handguns, then come the rifles/shotguns, then the airguns, then the swords, then the knives, and I won't even try to guess where they are going to go from there (bats, pointie and non-pointie sticks, day old hardened biscuits?).

No matter what the true facts, they will always be the same.

Wayne

January 31st, 2006, 09:35 PM	#2
Bumper Administrator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 14,042	Amen, Brother Chris! __________________ Bumper Administrator DefensiveCarry.com Forum Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde; Beware the anger of a patient man.

January 31st, 2006, 11:28 PM	#3
PatrioticRick VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rigby, Idaho Posts: 3,148	I'm with ya __________________ "Someone breaking into our Country should have to face the same outcome as someone breaking into our home. I fail to see what the difference is." USN/USAF Retired/Desert Shield/Desert Storm DAV Life Member NRA Life Member

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February 1st, 2006, 07:53 PM	#4
Wayne Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 823	It doesn't matter to the anti's what is fact and what is fiction. If it agrees with their agenda then it's fact to them. If it goes against then it's fiction. And if they ever get their way it will be the same as it is now in England. After handguns, then come the rifles/shotguns, then the airguns, then the swords, then the knives, and I won't even try to guess where they are going to go from there (bats, pointie and non-pointie sticks, day old hardened biscuits?). No matter what the true facts, they will always be the same. Wayne