1. Stephen Mooney Gun Control

2. A gun is the most effective defense against rape. When women are armed with a gun or knife an attempted rape is 10 times less likely to be completed. (Department of Justice) There are believed to be“800,000 on up to 2.4, 2.5 million defensive uses of guns” defensively each year.(Kleck) Preventing Crime

3. 34% of felons said they had been “scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim" 40% of these criminals admitted that they had been deterred from committing a crime out of fear that the potential victim was armed.”(humanevents.com) Thoughts From Criminals

4. According to Josh Sugarmann, executive director of Violence Policy Center, "We know in the District of Columbia -- where we've banned handguns -- that if you minimize the number of handguns you are going to have less shootings, a pretty simple, straightforward concept." Do Less Guns Mean Less Crime?

5. “Washington D.C. enacted a virtual ban on handguns in 1976. Between 1976 and 1991, Washington D.C.'s homicide rate rose 200%, while the U.S. rate rose 12%”(justfacts.com) DC Results

6. Concealed Carry

7. Concealed Carry By State

9. -36% Homicide Rate

10. -37% Firearm Homicide Rate

12. The 31 states with shall issue laws have a 24 percent lower violent crime rate, a 19 percent lower murder rate and a 39 percent lower robbery rate than states that forbidconcealed weapons Concealed Carry (cont)

13. Over 40% increase in handgun crime after the 1997 handgun ban In fact, violence has gotten so bad that for the first time in over 100 years, English policeman are being armed with guns instead of with only billy clubs. England

14. The FBI asks police to list every homicide as murder, even if the case isn't subsequently prosecuted or proceeds on a lesser charge, making the U.S. numbers as high as possible. By contrast, the English police "massage down" the homicide statistics, tracking each case through the courts and removing it if it is reduced to a lesser charge or determined to be an accident or self-defense, making the English numbers as low as possible. (reason.com) England

15. Is America Really That Dangerous?

16. "Handgun crime 'up' despite ban." BBC News. BBC, 16 07 2001. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/1440764.stm>. "Gun Control." Just Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp>. Joyce, Malcolm. "Gun Control's Twisted Outcome." Reason. N.p., Nov 2002. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://reason.com/archives/2002/11/01/gun-controls-twisted-outcome/2 >. "2009 Brady Campaign State Score Card." Brady Campaign, 2009. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.bradycampaign.org/xshare/bcam/stategunlaws/scorecard/StateRatings.pdf>. "Right-to-Carry 2010." NRA, 22 10 2010. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.nraila.org/Issues/factsheets/read.aspx?ID=18>. Stearns, Cliff. "Concealed Carry Permits Are Life Savers ." Human Events, 26 01 2009. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30405>. Lamp, David. "Gun Control: Myths and Realities." CATO, 13 05 2000. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4706>. Ori, Ryan. "Police say concealed-carry law would deter criminals." N.p., 18 07 2009. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1730895291/Police-say-concealed-carry-law-would-deter-criminals>. "Murders (per capita) (most recent) by country ." Nation Master, n.d. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita>. Sources