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Finally someone in the mainstream media posted some sense when it comes to this whole Mexico Gun fiasco:
There’s just one problem with the 90 percent “statistic” and it’s a big one:
It’s just not true.
In fact, it’s not even close. The fact is, only 17 percent of guns found at Mexican crime scenes have been traced [...]

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ve launched a new free gun classifieds site, GunMarket.us.
This site was created in response to the Reddit Guns community needing a “site like craigslist” to post free gun classifieds. All listings are 100% free, as in free beer. Free image hosting is included [...]

Fact: Firearm misuse causes only a small number of accidental deaths in the U.S.1 For example, compared to accidental death from firearms, you are:

Four times more likely to burn to death or drown,

17 times more likely to be poisoned,

19 times more likely to fall, and

53 times more likely to die in an automobile accident.

Fact: In [...]

A new policy update makes national park carry laws consistent with the states that the parks are located in:
Fairfax, Va. - The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), through the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has announced the final amended version of its changes to rules on carrying of firearms in [...]

An interesting article on the rise of violent crime in England following their stringent ban on private ownership of handguns:
…violence in England has gotten markedly worse. Over the course of a few days in the summer of 2001, gun-toting men burst into an English court and freed two defendants; a shooting outside a London nightclub [...]

Officer Leroy Pyle debunks myths about semi-autos. He uses demonstrations with live firearms and congressional testimony by DEA, ATF, and FBI agents to show what the truth really is. This eye opening video shows that there is really no functional difference between “assualt weapons” and everyday hunting and self defense rifles.

I came across a well reasoned argument for gun ownership and how it negates the use of force:
An excerpt:
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, [...]

Fact: Much of this myth comes from the fact that the general availability of high-capacity handguns briefly preceded the rise in the crack cocaine trade, which brought a new kind of violence in local drugs wars.1
Fact: The number of shots fired by criminals has not changed significantly even with the increased capacity of handguns and [...]