We need more gun laws!

Welcome to our series on debunking the most popular gun myths. In it, we aim to totally destroy all of the myths that you are most familiar with. You will be able to use these to cram the truth down a gun grabber's throat.

#2 - Guns are dangerous! So, like it totally makes sense to pass laws to make them safer.

I agree. We will always need laws to govern things that can potentially be used irresponsibly. To show you how much I support your idea, let me give you one example of how we use common sense and laws to regulate irresponsible behavior.

Alcohol. 

By itself, and used responsibly, millions of people enjoy alcohol every day. But because a few people occasionally act irresponsibly, we have all kind of laws to regulate it. In fact, we have over 2,000 laws on the books to regulate alcohol. We have laws that tell you when you can drink it, when you can buy it, where you can consume it, and even where and when you can be intoxicated by it. For instance you can't drink in a park. You can't be drunk and drive. We don't allow public intoxication.

And that's just smart!

By the same token, we have over 2,000 laws on the books that regulate firearms, and the people that use them.  We have laws that regulate ammunition, the guns they go in, and modifications to those firearms. There are laws to make them safe. There are laws that keep proven irresponsible people from owning them. It's why we have background checks. We even have laws specifically to punish irresponsible people that use them.

Exactly like we do with alcohol.

Present another law that makes sense, will make a difference, and does not take away our Constitutional right to own them, and law abiding gun owners everywhere will support it. We always Do. Promise.

By the way, the Centers For Disease Control report that there are over 75,000 alcohol related deaths each year. Did you know that? That's a whole lot! I will bet that you didn't know that is way more than twice as many gun related deaths. Accidents, and all crime included! Over twice as much!!! Maybe we should ban alcohol....

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Big, Black, Scary Assault Rifles

These big black guns are so scary!

Welcome to our series on debunking the most popular gun myths. In it, we aim to totally destroy all of the myths that you are most familiar with. You will be able to use these to cram the truth down a gun grabber's throat.

And because sometimes the truth hurts, we don't care if they choke on it.

#1 - OMG!!! Those scary black assault rifles kill, like, so many people every year. We should, like, totally ban those.

Actually, the number of murders committed with a rifle is incredibly low. Especially considering that we have a population of 310 million people. How low? So low that way more murders are committed with knives than with rifles. How many more? According to the FBI, 400%-600% more. Note that I didn't specify "assault rifles". I said rifles. That's because the FBI groups all forms of rifles together in their statistics.

That's right! When you take all murders committed with bolt action hunting rifles, muzzle loading rifles, semi automatic hunting rifles, carbines, lever action rifles, revolving rifles, and of course the "Evil Black Assault Rifle", and you add them all up, they are still way-way-waaaay less than the murders committed by knives. Again - 400% to 600% on average each year.

Take a look at the screen capture below. It comes straight from the FBI's own database. As you can see, even though we have tens of millions of rifles in the hands of the public, only 285 murders were committed in 2013 using a rifle. Add that to the fact that we have a population of 310 million people, and the truth is not scary at all.

In fact, we are talking about an itty bitty teeny tiny fraction of 1% of all violent crime - including murder -  involve a rifle of some kind. Any kind. Even big scary black assault rifles.

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Washington Cops Shoot Rock Throwing Man

I am a cop lover and feel that most of them do the best that they can every day, and in the end, just want to go home at night. So I am going to reserve judgement on the following video coming out of Washington.

But what I see here is disturbing.

It is unclear what starts the altercation, but he appears to wrestle himself away from a police officer. He then throws a rock and the officers, who shoot at him. It is unclear from the video if he is hit, but he does turn to run.

He makes it across the street and is running down the sidewalk. He stops and turns, and he does not appear to be holding anything in his hands. Rocks or otherwise. Again, it appears. I wasn't there, the video is from a cell phone, so I don't know. It is then the the cops shoot him a couple of times.

This does not look good, however.

Is the AU changing their minds over guns?

OK I considered not sharing this because it comes to us from the country of Australia, and most of our readers are in the US. Additionally, we all know how anti-gun the AU is.

But are they really?

In some place called Toowoomba, a gun enthusiast decided to brave it all, swim through the seas of red tape, and open a gun range. And guess what, they can't get enough of it. They are apparently lining up to take their turn at a Glock. Or a Smith. Or anything that goes boom. Now I have a friend from the AU that thinks we Americans are all gun toting John Wayne types that love to blow crap up. No one - according to him - has any desire to own any other weapon other than a shotgun for hunting.

Pistol shooters just don't exist. At least according to him. Never-the-less, they are lining up to take a turn slinging lead from one.

What I find hilarious is some of the requirements the shop owner had to go through just to get this done, but hat's off for making it happen anyway and not giving up. In the video, you will see that the front of the weapon has to be tethered to the bench by a 4 way harness. Additionally, each shooter must have a personal safety instructor standing over their shoulder. Each one. Seriously. Wow.

Now part of me just wants to call them a bunch of wusses. But the other part of me is celebrating for the huge leap forward in educating the public and introducing them to the joys of shooting that this man is doing. Nearly 20 years have passed since they passed their stringent gun control laws. True, the crime rate now is the same as it was then. True they can attest to no success because of their over reaching law. But now, 20 years later, they are beginning to reach forward to the reality that guns in themselves, are not bad. And, they can be a whole lot of fun.

Let's hope this place continues to be successful. Because we all know how capitalism works. Others will see his success, try to take part themselves and open up their own ranges elsewhere, and before you know it, things will really begin to change in perception for the AU.

Car Jacker Meets Concealed Carry Holder

Concealed Carry Holder Stops Car-Jacker

In Brazil, Indiana, a meth head higher than a kite and "looking for a ride to Indianapolis", tried to car jack three cars in order to do so. The first two were locked. The last car had the passenger window down about 4 inches. When Chad Carter reached in to unlock the door, the passenger, a concealed carry holder, pointed a pistol at him and told him to stop or he would shoot.

Chad ran, but the authorities were able to locate him minutes later hanging out in a hotel lobby not far away.

"I was high and just looking for a ride to Indianapolis," he told them...

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Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act For All States Get's Closer

Concealed Carry For All!

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas has now issued a second version of a bill called The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. He narrowly missed getting passed the first time in a Democratically controlled congress. We stand a much better chance this go around. So time to pick up the phones and start calling your elected representatives and Congressmen.

The bill would allow every state to recognize and honor your Concealed Carry Permit, and not just a scattering of them. It prevents gotcha moments where a licensed carrier in one state, crosses the border but is now considered unlawful by the next state.

Attention Georgia Residents!

Attention Georgia Residents: Three bills were introduced last week to infringe upon your second amendment rights, and your right to defend yourself. Time to make a few phone calls.