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		In summary, those who support gun control claim that there is no fundamental right to own weapons, that gun control legislation helps to cut down on violent crime by reducing the availability of weapons, and that citizens have no need to own guns to protect themselves against governments or crime.
		Some who argue for "gun rights" do so from a type of private-property libertarian perspective, saying that the government has no right to interfere with individuals rights to own guns or any other inanimate object of private property as long as the individuals are not harming or intimidating their fellow citizens.
		Gun Politics in the UK In the United Kingdom, handguns are completely banned for private ownership (exceptions to the ban include pistols of antique and historical interest, starting pistols and shot pistols for pest control).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gu/Gun_rights.html (1595 words)

	Gun - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		A gun is a mechanical device that fires projectiles at high velocity, using a propellant such as gun powder or compressed air.
		The term gun is often used as a synonym to firearm, but in its more technical usage refers only to artillery that fires projectiles at a high velocity along a flat trajectory, such as anti-aircraft artillery, field guns, tank guns and anti-tank guns, and naval guns.
		In the case of nuclear artillery it should not be confused with the gun that fires the whole warhead.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Gun (417 words)

	Gun Control vs. Gun Rights: The Issue
		Gun control advocates believe that right does not extend to ownership of military-style firearms that are otherwise known as assault weapons.
		Gun rights groups, led by the National Rifle Association, argue that these and other proposals infringe on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens.
		Gun control advocates, meanwhile, contribute far less money than their rivals -- a total of nearly $1.7 million since 1989, of which 94 percent went to Democrats.
	www.opensecrets.org /news/guns (1114 words)

	Gun politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gun control laws have a disproportionate effect on the freedoms of the law-abiding as criminals are willing to break the law to acquire, possess, and use guns.
		Gun control advocates argue that the strongest evidence linking availability of guns to injury and mortality rates comes in studies of domestic violence, most often referring to the series of studies by Arthur Kellermann, although other studies are generally in agreement.
		Gun control opponent Gary Kleck agrees with the basic finding, however, that contrary to a widespread perception, the overall frequency of homicide in the home by an invading stranger is much less than that of domestic violence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gun_politics (3551 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Gun crime soars by 35%
		The latest gun crime figures are more than double the 4,903 firearms incidents recorded in 1997 when Labour first took power.
		He said said rising gun violence was only a small part of overall crime but was "desperately worrying", especially for the worst-affected areas.
		And he said the rise in gun crime was linked to "the huge increase in the drugs culture that's taking place in the cities that's literally ripping apart the inner cities, breaking this fabric down".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2640817.stm (727 words)

	NOW with David Brancaccio. Politics & Economy. Gun Land - Overview \| PBS
		The gun makers would have to keep a test fire from each gun made and link that spent cartridge to the serial number of the gun.
		GUN LAND is a continuation of research which began with KQED/CIR's own hour-long documentary, GUN SHOTS, which looked at how illegal guns get into the hands of criminals in United States.
		GUN LAND is a NOW with Bill Moyers co-production of KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/gunland.html (1112 words)

	Gun Legislation & Politics in New York
		In that case, lawsuits brought by several municipalities suffering from gun violence compelled gunmaker Smith & Wesson to agree to a settlement that placed restrictions on the manufacture, marketing and distribution of guns.
		Gun control is briefly mentioned in an article in the Journal News on the Mike Spano v.
		Andrew Cuomo reached a tentative agreement with one gun manufacturer, which the head of the NAACP said “lacks teeth,” and the National Center to End Handgun Violence said was full of loopholes.
	blog.nysrpa.org (1581 words)

	The History of Gun Politics
		The cause of this newfound "respect" for gun ownership is the realization that millions of gun owners will cast their votes on the basis of gun rights.
		When I first became active in gun politics in the mid-1960s, there were plenty on our side who assumed oppressive gun laws were coming one way or another.
		President John F. Kennedy's assassination was the catalyst for change in gun politics, and legislation such as the Gun Control Act of 1968--along with NRA-bashing from some politicians--caused membership to grow from around 300,000 at the beginning of the 1960s to nearly a million by the passage of GCA '68.
	www.outdoorsbest.com /electionalert/politics_080404 (970 words)

	NOW with David Brancaccio. Politics & Economy. Gun Land - Voices from the Debate \| PBS
		It is news to no American that the debate surrounding gun ownership and the Second Amendment is a contentious one.
		Gun control laws have no effect on the arming of today's militia, since those laws invariably do not apply to arms used in the context of military service and law enforcement.
		It is estimated that the total costs to Americans of gun violence (the vast majority of which involves handguns) is measured in tens of billions of dollars.3 In comparison, the wholesale value of the 1.3 million handguns manufactured in America in 1998 totaled only $370 million."
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/gundebate.html (1183 words)

	Journal: The Politics of Gun Control
		Guns and gun control have been a big issue in America for at least the last quarter century, but partisanship and emotional lobbying on both sides have made real solutions hard to come by, say two nationally respected experts on the topic.
		The politics of gun control is more and more about symbolism and less about substance, says Joe Sheley, co-author of In the Line of Fire, a book on teenage gun use, and dean of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies.
		Both liberal and conservative politicians have used gun control to label their opponents, says Will Vizzard, criminal justice professor, and author of Shots in the Dark: The Policy, Politics and Symbolism of Gun Control, a comprehensive history of gun control policy in the 20th century.
	www.csus.edu /pubaf/journal/spring2001/24guncontrol.htm (774 words)

	The Politics of Guns Bloomfield Press Books The Politics of Guns
		His basic premise is that you and you alone own your life, and that it is unethical, immoral and politically corrupt to entrust your right to your own life to someone else, or to abdicate the tools needed to protect yourself and your loved ones.
		Among the topics addressed are media bias in coverage of gun issues, the distorting effects that a covert prohibitionist agenda has on the debate over more moderate measures for reducing gun violence, the frequency and effectiveness of the defensive use of guns, and a close analysis of the Second Amendment.
		The conclusions of this carefully detailed and superbly argued study are difficult to deny: "gun control" is a red herring that has been deflecting attention from the true causes of crime, namely, the breakdown of the family; failed social welfare programs; and increasing hopelessness among male youths, especially in our troubled inner cities.
	www.gunlaws.com /books4.htm (2421 words)

	GunWeek.com
		On Sunday mornings every week, the political pundits and television talking heads—network and cable—give you a good indication of how the hottest public policy issues of the past week are playing.
		She pointed out that the gun control issue had proved to be a liability to Al Gore during the 2000 presidential campaign and a bust for the Democratic efforts to regain Congress.
		The fact that the nation’s “newspaper of record,” long a staunch supporter of more repressive gun laws, would admit to itself, its readers and especially the editors of other newspapers around the country that the gun issue is a non-starter was significant.
	www.gunweek.com /2001/hs040101.html (1228 words)

	Boundary Violation: Gun Politics in the Doctor’s Office [Free Republic]
		Just as some physician sexual transgressors may insist their sex relations with a patient are therapeutic, the activist doctor may protest that he only seeks to prevent "gun violence." However, the conduct of the medical activists strongly indicates that their interest in patients’ guns is political, not therapeutic.
		Twenty-six percent of gun owners reported that the gun was loaded at all times, and 18% reported that a gun was kept within reach of a child.
		Guns are the primary agents of homicide epidemics.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a37a73f8b358c.htm (7639 words)

	Dave Kopel & Michael S. Brown on DLC/guns on NRO
		Cowan and Kessler extensively tout their proposal for imposing special restrictions on firearms sales at gun shows, and falsely claim that there is a "gun show loophole." To the contrary, current federal law applies the same no matter where a gun sale takes place.
		Whether he sells the two guns to a friend at work, to a neighbor, through the classified ads, or at a gun show, the law is the same.
		Presumably, the hope is to fool some poorly informed gun owners into believing that their rights are safe while the antigun lobby pushes gun control a bit farther down the slippery slope.
	www.nationalreview.com /kopel/kopel072401.shtml (1218 words)

	American Medical Association embraces gun control politics. Corlin to lead AMA on disastrous political (Children's) ...
		Federal laws also require that guns be a certain length (4.1 inches minimum, I'm not sure.) Furthermore, many states that issue concealed-carry permits REQUIRE the gun to be concealed, so the characteristic you cite helps gun owners comply with their states' gun laws.
		It's easy, however, to envision a patient complaining to the state medical licensing board if a doctor asks the patient (or his her children) whether there are guns in the home, or says that a gun in the home is far more likely to kill someone you know than a violent intruder.
		Gun manufacturers are exempt by federal law from the standard health and safety regulations that are applied to all other consumer products manufactured and sold in the United States.
	www.stentorian.com /2ndamend/psr/ama.html (3383 words)

	GOA Alert-- November 19, 2003
		Thus, given the politics of the issue, it is surprising that the only legislation likely to pass on firearms issues, as this session of Congress comes to an end, are anti-gun bills.
		If non-existent guns can be banned as a means of preventing danger, certainly real guns, which stand ready to defend millions of homes, can be seen as a greater danger.
		Thus, given the politics of the issue, it is surprising that the only legislation likely to pass on firearms issues, as this session of Congress comes to an end, is an anti-gun bill.
	www.gunowners.org /a111903.htm (912 words)

	Democrats play it safe on gun issues - Politics - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Candidates John Kerry and John Edwards, the only Democrats to miss a Senate vote on another gun issue last week, have been summoned back from campaigning to bolster the party’s ranks for what is expected to be a close vote.
		Some strategists believe gun owners are more motivated to vote on gun issues than others are, and so pushing an agenda may be more of a risk for Democrats.
		A Pew poll in February found that Republicans were less likely to vote for someone who differed with their position on guns than Democrats were.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4420922 (875 words)

	The Gun Registry Must be Deregistered!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The.22 calibre Beretta that Jack Pharr used to gun down 22-year-old Brian Bolyantu in downtown Windsor wasn't to be found in Canada's gun registry and neither was the.357 Magnum that Kenyatta Watts used to kill Mohammed Charafeddine.
		Our guns were on a rack that was too high for young kids to get at until we reached a certain age, and then we were allowed to use guns.
		Prior to that, we were taught over and over and over again about guns, gun safety, and what happens when a bullet hits something.
	www.canadiancontent.net /forums/about5913-255.html (2448 words)

	TheBostonChannel.com - Politics - Stun Gun Bill May Get OK Tuesday
		Stun guns are designed to subdue a suspect instantly by delivering a 50,000-volt shock that freezes skeletal muscles, dropping a suspect so police can gain control.
		Nationwide, more than 50 people have died after being stunned by a Taser gun, including Melvin Samuel who was in police custody and died just minutes after being hit by a Taser gun.
		An autopsy has yet to confirm Samuel's cause of death, but the manufacturer of the gun said it is safe.
	www.thebostonchannel.com /politics/3496468/detail.html (327 words)

	Varmint Al's Gun Rights & Politics Page
		The Senate's leading gun control advocate, Senator Charles Schumer (D) NY - who's currently pressuring the White House to extend the 1994 assault weapons ban - travels with an armed bodyguard, www.
		To ban providing guns to rebels in totalitarian countries is like arguing that there is never anything such as a just war.
		Defensive gun uses are almost completely ignored by the media, but Americans use guns defensively about two million times a year, five times more often than guns are used to commit crimes.
	www.varmintal.com /apoli.htm (12197 words)

	Boundary Violations --- Gun Politics in the Doctor's Office
		Social activists are taking their war on gun ownership to a new battleground: the doctor's office.(1) The American Medical Association (AMA)(2), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)(3), and American College of Physicians (ACP)(4) are urging doctors to probe their patients about guns in their homes.
		Such doctor-on-patient political activism is recognized in Epstein and Simon's Exploitation Index(8) as a boundary violation.
		HELP's founder and leader Dr. Katherine Christoffel has compared guns to viruses that must be eradicated.(9) The group's militant advocacy has no place for differing viewpoints on firearms, and apparently neither do the medical organizations which have signed on as HELP members.
	www.haciendapub.com /article14.html (1748 words)

	PUBLIC POLICY: Gun Rites - gun control politics - Brief Article National Review - Find Articles
		She suggested that a trigger lock would not stay on a gun in such an environment.
		So far, the agitation for gun control has served mainly to swell the coffers of the National Rifle Association.
		Juveniles with legal guns, according to the Justice Department, commit fewer crimes than juveniles without guns-and, of course, far fewer crimes than juveniles with illegal guns.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_6_52/ai_60137465 (458 words)

	Gun Guys » Politics’ Dirtiest Players Work for the NRA
		Our colleagues from Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence send this editorial from the Bangor, ME Daily News that offers yet another look at how the selfish policies of the NRA are constantly trumping the needs of American citizens to stay safe.
		A bill came before the Maine Legislature this session (LD 1938, An Act to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence) that would have required that a person who obtained a protection from abuse order be informed if her (or his) abuser tries to purchase a gun from a licensed dealer (which is illegal anyway).
		Politics has some dirty players, but there is no dirtier than the National Rifle Association.
	www.gunguys.com /?p=1022 (729 words)

	Gun Politics and Money - THR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Democrats have received more money from RKBA groups in the 1990-2004 period, than they have from gun control groups.
		Despite receiving only 15% of RKBA money, the gun rights groups outspent the gun control groups by almost half a million dollars in donations to the Democratic party.
		By contrast, Republicans received 6% of the gun control money from 1990-2004 and 0% in the last two election cycles (2000 and 2002).
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=93002 (328 words)

	will england :: shooting sports : politics : British Gun Ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Major news-agencies stating that banning guns just doesn't seem to be working.
		Gun prohibition has also created a massive new fl market smuggling in powerful guns for criminals.
		Plans being discussed include: further increasing penalties for gun possession; cracking down on drugs; creating a national DNA database of both innocent and convicted citizens; and restricting knives and air guns.
	will.mylanders.com /shot/politics/british.php3 (731 words)

	Could Gun Registration Trigger A New American Revolution? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I would register my guns but work within the system to overturn the law.
		I would refuse to register my guns and work within the system to overturn the law.
		I would refuse to register my guns and engage in nonviolent civil disobedience such as blockades.
	www.okcgs.com /politics (251 words)

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