Fact: All violent crime (including gun and non-gun murders) fell during the same period, 1992 to 1997. However, the percent of homicides committed with guns stayed the same. In 1992, 68% of murders were committed with guns; in 1997, it was still 68%.1 Thus, the decreased gun homicide rate was part of an overall declining [...]
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Myth: Guns should be registered and licensed like cars
Fact: You do not need a license to buy a car. You can buy as many as you want and drive them all you like on your own property without a license.
Fact: Cars are registered because they are (a) sources of tax revenue, (b) objects of fraud in some transactions, and (c) significant theft targets. [...]
Myth: Gun laws are being enforced
Fact: During the Clinton administration, federal prosecutions of gun-related crimes dropped more than 44 percent.1
Fact: Of the 3,353 prohibited individuals that obtained firearms, the Clinton administration only investigated 110 of them (3.3%).2
Fact: Despite 536,000 prohibited buyers caught by the National Instant Background Check,only 6,700 people (1.25%) have been charged for these firearms violations. This includes [...]
Myth: Closing down “kitchen table” gun dealers will reduce guns on the street
Fact: 43% of gun dealers had no inventory and sold no guns at all. Congressional testimony documented that the large number of low-volume gun dealers is a direct result of BATF policy. The BATF once prosecuted gun collectors who sold as few as three guns per year at gun shows, claiming that they were unlicensed, [...]
Suzanna Gratia-Hupp: Victim’s View of the Second Amendment
Texas state representative, Suzanna Gratia-Hupp, gives very moving and bold testimony about the second amendment.
Background Information:
On Wednesday, October 16, 1991, Hupp and her parents were having lunch at the Luby’s in Killeen. She had left her handgun in her car to comply with Texas state law at the time which forbade carrying a [...]
