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SamKBeck
Mr.TSmith
English1010
20April2016
ProtectingYourGiftOfLife
IdontneedanothermantoexplaintomethatIhavetherighttodefendmygift
oflifeTedNugent.IntheUnitedStatesweareconstantlyindebateaboutguncontrol.
Thedebateusuallyfocusesonthelegalityofguns,howcontrolledtheyshouldbe,who
canhavethem,andhoweasilytheyshouldbeavailableforownership.Therightto
keepandbeararmsisoursecondamendment,thatshouldbeclearenoughthatno
debatebenecessary,andtoalterthatamendmentwouldmeantodevalueour
Constitution.Gunsneedtostaylegalalongwithconcealedcarry.
Firstoff,withcertainstatescreatingstrictergunlawswestarttoseeaquick
decreaseintaxrevenueforthestate,alongwithlostlocaljobsthatagunmanufacturer
wouldprovide.AnexampleofthiswouldbeColoradosantigunlawthattheyhave
recentlyenactedjustinpastyears,causingmanufacturerstonotbeabletomakeand
sellstandardcapacitymagazineswithinthestate.Sincecertaincompaniesselltheir
productsnationallyandcansellnormalsizemagazinestogunfriendlystates,theyare
forcedtorelocatesincethosenormalsizemagazinesarenowillegalwithinthestate.A
smallercapacitymagazinesimplywillholdlessbullets.Whenthislawpassedthrough
legislationitcausedMagpulIndustriestorelocatestateswhereitcouldcontinuenormal
production.AnothersituationisaboutgunmanufacturerKahrArmsmovingfromNew


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YorktoPennsylvania.ThisisduetoNewYorksS.A.F.E.Actthatwaspassedthrough
legislationduringthemiddleofthenight,bypassingthestates3dayrequiredreview
period,thenwassignedintolawjustthirtyminutesafteritpassedthelegislature.This
S.A.F.E.Actbanspossessionofanyhighcapacitymagazines,itlimitsammunition
dealersbyrequiringbackgroundchecks(sameasgunbuyers),requiresregistrationof
assaultweapons,stolengunsarerequiredtobereportedwithintwentyfourhours,no
moreprivatesales,mustrenewpistolpermiteveryfiveyears,andmanymorenewlaws
camewiththisact.KahrArmsbeforethisactwasplanningonbuildinganewfacility
creatingahundrednewjobs.Thecompany'sVicePresidentofSalesandMarketing
FrankHarrissaidofNewYork,Wedontfeelwelcome.Takingjobsoutofastateis
unfairtothosefamiliesandcommunities.Takingmassiveamountsoftaxrevenueoutof
thestateisalsocostlytoyourcommunitiesifyoulookathowdirectlytiedstatetaxes
aretosomeofyourbenefits.
Statesthathavestrictguncontrollawstakeawaytheoptiontodefendoneself
andothers.Asimpleexampleisifsomeonebrokeintoyourhomeandpossiblyisarmed
themselves,nowyouhavetocallthepolice,waitwithtimeyoumorethanlikelydont
haveforanofficertoarrive,andyouandyourfamilyaremuchlessprotectedandin
muchmoredanger.Itssimple.Whengunlawsbecomemorestrict,themajorityoflaw
abidingcitizenswillfollowthelaw,whereacriminalorsomeonewithbadintentionswill
continuetoown/carryaguncausingyoutolosetherighttodefendyourlife.Itisamyth
thatcountrieswithstrictgunownershiphavelesscrime,accordingtogunfacts.info,the
factisthatinAmerica,wehaveshownthatprivateownershipofgunsreducescrime.


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Anotherfactisthatcountrieswiththestrictestguncontrollawsalsotendedtohavethe
highesthomiciderates.Strictgunlawsdonotmakeusanysafer.
Therearemostdefinitelygoodreasonsforimplementingstrictergunlawsincertain
areas.Someexampleswouldbethatsomeonebeproperlytrainedonshooting,
cleaning,andoverallmaintenanceofthefirearmtobecomelicensed.Havingstricter
lawstobuyafirearmwouldbegoodtosomepointbutalsocouldnegatemanygood
citizensfromownershipduetoalongerprocessforownership.
Gunlawsdonotwork.Everysingletimeastateorcountrybans
handguns/firearms,crimeratesandhomicidesquicklygoup.Anexampleofthiswould
behow(crimeresearch.org2013)inWalesinJanuary1997,afterthefirearmban,
homiciderateshadafiftypercentincreaseby2003whereithadjumpedfromeleven
millionhomicidesin1997toeighteenmillionin2003.Anothermorerelatableforreason
forAmericans,toshowthatgunlawsdon'twork,istheSanBernadinoshootingthat
recentlyoccurredinCaliforniajustlastyear.Fourteenpeoplewerekilledandtwentytwo
injuredinthisterroristattack.Californiahassomeofthestrictestgunlawsinthe
country,butaswehaveseenthesegunslawsdidnothingtostopthishorrificincident.
Again,gunlawsdonotwork.
Ifgunsweretotallybanned,allconfrontationswouldalmostalwaysbewonbythe
physicallysuperiorpartywhocaninflictmoreharm.Agunsbringsmoreequallevel
betweenaeightyyearoldwomanandatwentyyearoldman,orahundredpound
womantoatwohundredpoundman.Idon'tcarryitbecauseI'mafraid,butbecauseit
enablesmetobeunafraidMarkoKloos.Gunsshouldbelegaleverywhere.Carryinga


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gunisacivilizedact.Itdoesnotlimitinteractionbyreason,onlybyforcethuscreatinga
muchmorecivilizedcommunity.Guncontroldoesnotwork.


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GunControlCostingStatesLiterally
NRAILA
.23August2013
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20130823/guncontrolcostingstatesliterally

TedNugentonGunControl
YouTube
.15May2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUexKY8Blew

NYSAFEAct
Wikipedia
.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NY_SAFE_Act

GunsinOtherCountries
GunFacts.info
.
http://www.gunfacts.info/guncontrolmyths/gunsinothercountries/

ProGunArgument
onemarinesview.com
10January2013
http://www.onemarinesview.com/one_marines_view/2013/01/thebestwordedprogun
argumentihaveeverread.html