GUN CONTROL VERSUS GUN RIGHTS

The UK brought in gun control in 1997.

Violent crime did not go up after 1997.

As the graph above shows, the UK has seen a steady reduction in violent crime since the mid 1990s.

Meanwhile, in the United States, gun ownership has been falling steadily.

And the USA has experienced the same sharp decline in violence beginning in the 1990s.

However, in 2010, the US murder rate was still 4 times higher than that of the UK.

By the Numbers.

Only about one-third of American households now own a gun, compared to about one-half in 1973.



Here is a list of the most influential pro-gun rights advocates.

The list contains a number of friends of Israel and friends of the CIA.

1. Col. Oliver North of Iran-Contra fame.

2. John Bolton, a top neo-conservative, involved in the Council on Foreign Relations and the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs,

3. Donald Trump and Jeb Bush.

4. Sen. Rand Paul

5. Sarah Palin

6. Sen. Ted Cruz


John Bolton

7. Glenn Beck, radio and television personality 8. Mark Levin, conservative talk radio host 9. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry.10. Sean Hannity, conservative Fox News TV host. 11. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. 12. Johnny Depp. 13. Eric Clapton. 14. Jennifer Lawrence, the "Hunger Games" actress. 15. Steven Spielberg, movie producer and director.

16. George Zimmerman, the Floridian who defended himself when involved with Trayvon Martin in 2012, was acquitted of second degree murder in 2013 and had a hate crime investigation eventually dropped by the Department of Justice in 2015.

Presidential Candidates / Most Influential Pro-Gun Rights Advocates



Do the Powers-That-Be support Gun Control or Gun Rights?

Yes.

They appear to support both.

Did the Powers-That-Be support or oppose Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi?

Yes. 

The Powers-That-Be put them into power and then toppled them.


American kids killed by guns.

Stephen Colbert said:[3]

Truthiness is tearing apart our country…

It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore.

Facts matter not at all. 

Perception is everything. It's certainty.

In the USA, "the states with the highest gun ownership rates have a gun murder rate 114% higher than those with the lowest gun ownership rates." 

"Update: A recent study looking at 30 years of homicide data in all 50 states found that for every one percent increase in a state's gun ownership rate, there is a nearly one percent increase in its firearm homicide rate."

10 Pro-Gun Myths.

"Mass shootings stopped by armed civilians in the past 30 years: 0"

Mother Jones defines mass shootings as being events where the shooter took the lives of at least four people.

10 Pro-Gun Myths.

"Between 1966 and 2012, there were 90 mass shootings in the United States. Mass shootings are defined ... as having four or more victims."

U.S. leads the world in mass shootings.

"Owning a gun has been linked to higher risks of homicide, suicide, and accidental death by gun.

• For every time a gun is used in self-defense in the home, there are 7 assaults or murders, 11 suicide attempts, and 4 accidents involving guns in or around a home.

• 43% of homes with guns and kids have at least one unlocked firearm.

• In one experiment, one third of 8-to-12-year-old boys who found a handgun pulled the trigger."

10 Pro-Gun Myths.

Getting kids ready to fight in Israel's wars?

"A Philadelphia study found that the odds of an assault victim being shot were 4.5 times greater if he carried a gun. His odds of being killed were 4.2 times greater."

"A woman's chances of being killed by her abuser increase more than 5 times if he has access to a gun."

10 Pro-Gun Myths.

In the USA, the Powers-That-Be are opposed to gun control.

"Major US firearms manufacturers have significant Jewish leadership."

Jews in the Firearms Industry

In 1994 Colt's Manufacturing Company was purchased by Zilkha & Company.

Donald Zilkha, company president, is the son of Azouri Ezra Zilkha, "a scion of a Babylonian Jewish banking family."

article on Maine Antique Digest

The President and CEO of Sig Sauer is named Ron Cohen.

Kimber's owners/operators are reportedly Jewish.

Jews in the Firearms Industry

Jeb Bush says the US does not need new gun laws as 'stuff happens'.

Richard Feldman (who is Jewish) is a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association.

"Holding top positions in the NRA and public advocacy groups supportive of gun owners' rights, Jewish gun backers draw on everything from the Holocaust to Israel's experience in fighting terror to justify the battle against limiting access to guns."

Jewish Gun Leaders Come Out Firing

"House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (who is Jewish) ... holds a top rating from the NRA and received ... campaign contributions ... from the gun lobby..."

Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen (Jewish) owns a .38 Special and has a license allowing him to carry a concealed weapon, but he does not go around with the gun.

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (Jewish), who retired from the House of Representatives after sustaining severe gunshots injuries during an assassination attempt, was also a gun owner.

"Alan Gottlieb (Jewish), one of America's most vocal supporters of gun rights says: 'The truth is that there are quite a lot of Jewish activists in the gun-rights movement.'

Jewish Gun Leaders Come Out Firing

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Leading Jewish voices on behalf of gun owners include Sandy Froman, an Arizona attorney who served as the NRA's president from 2005 to 2007, and Alan Gura, an Israeli-born attorney. 

Gura has led some of the gun rights lobby's courtroom successes.

Jewish Gun Leaders Come Out Firing

Brian Judy (Jewish), a National Rifle Association lobbyist, has reportedly linked gun control to the Holocaust.

Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership.

Rabbi Menachem Margolin has urged Europe to allow special permits for Jewish people to carry guns.

He says Jews should be allowed to carry firearms for self-defense 'amid rising anti-Semitism.'

Allow Jews To Carry Guns, Rabbi Asks.


An Israeli and a boy.

Anonymous comments:

I liked this:

The idea here is that your friendly neighborhood gun owner is not just a hobbyist assassinating apples with an assault rifle in his spare time (impressive though the old dude in this video may be), but a quick-drawing, sharp-shooting hero-in-waiting who will take out the criminals like Time Crisis NPCs if and when the shit goes down. 

And if there were more Americans like him—at least one in every classroom, movie theater, and Bible study, ideally—mass murderers would think twice before shooting anything.

The meme gets at the central argument espoused by the pro-gun lobby in recent years, rephrasing former NRA President Wayne LaPierre's famous 2013 statement that, "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

Unfortunately, though, LaPierre's "good guy" fantasy is just that. 

While it's true that gunslinging civilians have stopped a few shootings, in real life, these armed vigilantes can also be very unhelpful. In the heat of a firefight, they might aim for the wrong person, for example, or end up shooting that person in the head. And sometimes, they get themselves killed.

If you get away from action movie scenarios, science says gun owners are less safe from gun violence than other people. 

Because when the good guys end their nightly patrols and holster their guns, they generally take those guns home. 

And studies have shown that once they're there, they're more likely - twice as likely, by some estimates - to be killed by a "bad guy" than people who don't keep firearms at home.

Calling Bullshit on the Internet's Right-Wing Gun Memes.