and IM BACK!!!

Well I didn’t get anything done over break. This trimester is about to end and I still have not done any work on my grad project but I have been keeping track of the possible "Assault Weapons ban part II!" After all this time away from my grad project, coming back to it I realize that my position could be taken the wrong way by some if it is not explained.

I support the lawful ownership of firearms of all types for many reasons. I am against the unlawful sale and possession of illegal firearms. The main point I want to make is gun crimes are committed by criminals. Gun laws obviously target the law abiding. A criminal isn’t going to acknowledge a gun law anymore than they will acknowledge laws against armed robbery or murder. I have no reason to disagree with a law that calls for stricter penalties for gun offenders; this is in fact one of the alternatives to gun control. Getting illegal guns off the street is much different than keeping guns from an otherwise defenseless citizen. That a difference many fail to recognize.

If the anti-gun nuts get their way, who will be left with the guns? The criminals and the police; I’m not a violent person but honestly I would rather shoot someone than die with a phone in my hand trying to call the police.

-Peace

picture found at: http://therealrevo.com/blog/?p=6519

Break

Some Quotes

"To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them." -George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788

The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so. -- Adolph Hitler, April 11 1942.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one. - Rush Limbaugh, in a moment of unaccustomed profundity 17 Aug 1993

And...

I am writing a proposal. Its about half done.

UPDATE: its done. We are about to go on break.

Today I did...

Today I put all of my notes on 1 document and it is going to make it easy to take notes without switching between 10 diffeerent documents. Now my notes are really organized and awesome.

Did you know?

• There are more than 22,000 gun laws at the city, county, state, and federal level.
• There are more guns in the U.S. than cars (228,000,000 guns according to the 1998 FBI statistics and 207,754,000 automobiles according to the 1998 Federal Highway Administration registrations). Yet, you are 31 times more likely to be accidentally killed by a car than a gun.
• 90% of all violent crime in the U.S. does not involve any gun of any type.
• Less than 1% of all guns will ever be used in the commission of any type of crime.
• Home invasions are twice as likely to be successful if the homeowners are not armed.
• Twice as many children are killed playing football in school than are murdered by guns in school.
• Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. (Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000, the number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.) This is because the number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000, wile the number of gun owners is around 200 million.
• There are between 1 and 2 million defensive gun uses per year by law abiding citizens.

Statistics from ATF and FBI crime statistics as well as private surveys.

Foundation Questions

1. How do democrats traditionally stand on gun control?
2. How do republicans traditionally stand on gun control?
3. How does the US compare in crime rate with countries that have stricter gun laws?
4. How have different organizations like the NRA or the ATF affected the laws?
5. How much do gun laws vary from state to state?
6. Do states with stricter gun laws have a lower crime rate?
7. How often are guns used in self defense in the US?
8. What is Barak Obama’s view on gun control?